Low-Wage Careers: Are There Dead-End Firms and Dead-End Jobs?

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schnabel, Claus; Stephani, Jens

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“…A smaller transition into permanent (direct) employment also exists among temporary agency workers and marginal part-time workers. Limited upward mobility also manifests in low upward wage mobility among low-skilled and older workers in some form of precarious employment (Mosthaf, Schnabel, and Stephani 2011).…”

Section: Dualization Of Germany's Labor Marketmentioning

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Dualized Labor Market and Polarized Health: A Longitudinal Perspective on the Association between Precarious Employment and Mental and Physical Health in Germany

2022

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This study analyzes the longitudinal association between precarious employment and physical and mental health in a dualized labor market by disaggregating between-employee and within-employee effects and considering mobility in precariousness of employment. Analyses were based on the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2002 to 2018 considering all employees ages 18 to 67 years (n = 38,551). Precariousness of employment was measured as an additive index considering working poverty, nonstandard working time arrangements, perceived job insecurity, and low social rights. Health outcomes were mental and physical health. Random effects models were used and controlled for sociodemographic and socioeconomic variables. Results indicated that the association between precariousness of employment and mental and physical health is mainly based on between-employee differences and that prolonged precariousness of employment or upward or downward mobility are associated with poor health. We found evidence of polarization in health by precariousness of employment within a dualized labor market.

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Dualized Labor Market and Polarized Health: A Longitudinal Perspective on the Association between Precarious Employment and Mental and Physical Health in Germany

2022

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“…Jobs available to people who are restricted in their job choice, for instance, due to their education or personal contingencies, are often characterized by precarious employment and hazardous working conditions (e.g., Mosthaf et al, 2011; Virick & McKee‐Ryan, 2014). Precarious employment consists of multiple dimensions that involve insecurity, such as low wages, low levels of regulatory protection, employment insecurity, and so forth (Vosko, 2010), while hazardous working conditions entail physical, chemical, ergonomic, biological, and psychosocial hazards (Benach et al, 2014).…”

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In a no‐win situation: The employment–health dilemma

2022

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Work and organizational psychology (WOP) researchhas to date mostly focused on people privileged to have the choice between several attractive job options and less on people who are restricted in their job choice (e.g., due to their qualification or personal contingencies) and have to choose from fewer and often lessthan-optimal jobs. Often, the jobs available to the latter are characterized by precarious employment and hazardous working conditions which can put them in the difficult situation of having to choose between a health-threatening job and possible unemployment. Building on interdisciplinary literature, we propose the employment-health dilemma (E-H dilemma) as a framework for analyzing this intrapersonal conflict of having to choose between employment (incurring health threats) and health (incurring economic threats) and discuss potential antecedents and consequences of the E-H dilemma at the societal, organizational, and individual level. We outline the implications of the E-H dilemma and make a case for examining the full spectrum of job choice situations in WOP research. In doing so, we demonstrate what WOP can gain by embracing a more inclusive and multidisciplinary Franziska J. Kößler and Jenny S. Wesche have equal contribution.

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Low-Wage Jobs – Springboard to High-Paid Ones?

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2012

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Low-Wage Careers: Are There Dead-End Firms and Dead-End Jobs?

Cited by 3 publications

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Dualized Labor Market and Polarized Health: A Longitudinal Perspective on the Association between Precarious Employment and Mental and Physical Health in Germany

Dualized Labor Market and Polarized Health: A Longitudinal Perspective on the Association between Precarious Employment and Mental and Physical Health in Germany

In a no‐win situation: The employment–health dilemma

Low-Wage Jobs – Springboard to High-Paid Ones?

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