Teenagers' part-time employment and their work-related attitudes and aspirations

✍ Scribed by Catherine A. Loughlin; Julian Barling

• Book ID: 101289189
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 156 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-3796
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(199803)19:2<197::aid-job832>3.0.co;2-n

✦ Synopsis

We assessed the relationship between the quality (i.e., job characteristics, role stressors, and interpersonal relationships) and quantity of part-time employment, and workrelated attitudes and aspirations among 349 students. Neither the linear nor the quadratic components of employment quantity predicted any of the outcome variables. Motivation to do good work was predicted both by role stressors and by family achievement orientation. Career maturity was predicted by role stressors at work, and cynicism by role stressors and satisfaction with interpersonal relationships. In contrast, job involvement was signi®cantly related to family achievement orientation but not to any perceived job factors. These ®ndings question the assumption that only intensive work during high school exerts negative eects for teenagers, and support the importance of employment quality for teenagers as well as adults.