Journal article
Group identity and readiness to change unemployment status
Journal of Employment Counseling, Vol.53(2), pp.50-59
2016
Abstract
The authors assessed the degree to which unemployed individuals identified with an unemployed "in-group" and the subsequent impact on readiness to change their unemployed status. Participants from 2 Australian employment agencies completed the Group Identification Scale and the Lam Assessment on Stages of Employment Readiness measure. Findings suggest that the extent of family unemployment affects unemployed in-group identification and predicts readiness to change unemployed status. Duration of unemployment was negatively correlated with readiness to change. Results suggest that unemployed individuals form an in-group. Interventions to assist unemployed individuals to return to the workforce should take this into account for effectiveness to be maximized.
Details
- Title
- Group identity and readiness to change unemployment status
- Authors
- Elli Curtis (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawPeter Gibbon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawMary Katsikitis (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Journal of Employment Counseling, Vol.53(2), pp.50-59
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.1002/joec.12027
- ISSN
- 0022-0787
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449775502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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