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Market positionOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management030504 nursingLife valuePublic Health Environmental and Occupational Health03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineWork (electrical)Content analysisIndustrial relationsAbandonment (emotional)Life course approach030212 general & internal medicineSituational ethics0305 other medical scienceLife-span and Life-course StudiesPsychologySocial psychologydescription
The decision to search or not to search for work is usually considered a purely individual choice. However, this is a simplistic view, which ignores important structural and situational aspects of job search behaviour. This article discusses the reasons why long-term unemployed youth in Finland give up their search for work or a student place. The data comprise 28 life course interviews that were analysed by means of content analysis. The data show that young people’s job seeking behaviour is greatly influenced by how they view their labour market position and prospects. Job search abandonment is often temporary and young people soon resume their search because of the expectations of the society around them and their willingness to find work. The young people interviewed provided rational, emotional and life value reasons for their decision to suspend their job search. The article offers a deeper understanding of youths’ job search behaviour.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-27 | Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies |