Satisfaction at last job and unemployment: a new look

✍ Scribed by Connie R. Wanberg; Heather D. Carmichael; Ronald G. Downey

• Book ID: 101289225
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 116 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-3796
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(199901)20:1<121::aid-job870>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

Based on interview studies, the unemployment literature suggests that last job satisfaction in¯uences reactions to unemployment. This study assessed the quantitative relationship between last job satisfaction and the unemployment experience. Results do not support the literature's premise that high last job satisfaction predicts a negative reaction to unemployment.