scholarly journals Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arja Jolkkonen ◽  
Pertti Koistinen ◽  
Arja Kurvinen
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Status ◽  
Displaced Workers ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
White Collar Workers

The aims of this article are to examine the reemployment of displaced workers and individual factors that predict reemployment and education, earnings in new jobs, and paths to reemployment. This article is based on a case study of the closing down of the Perlos Ltd plants in North Karelia in eastern Finland. From the 1990s, the Perlos Corporation grew from a Nokia subcontractor into a globally operating limited company with a global workforce of over 13,000 workers and almost 2,000 workers in North Karelia. In 2007, the corporation closed down all its production activities in Finland. In the case study, various data sources were used but this article is based mainly on the questionnaire conducted in 2008 among 1,217 trade union members. Logistic and multinomial regression analyses are used as analysis methods. Against expectations, the fast reemployment of the displaced workers was a surprise, which can be explained by the good demand and hidden need for labor in other firms in this region. However, the demand was specific and differentiated between the workers’ job opportunities. White-collar workers had better chances of reemployment. Gender, next to the occupational status, was an important predictor for reemployment. On the other hand, education, the willingness to move, and family status were not statistically significant explanatory factors for reemployment. The age of the job seekers was one important factor predicting unemployment.

scholarly journals ARE SOCIAL NETWORK WEBSITES EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION IN TOURISM SECTOR? AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 507-524
Author(s):  
Umut Denizli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Recruitment And Selection

This chapter is aimed at obtaining empirical data with regard to the research question, how both recruiters and job seekers take advantage of the integration of social network websites and recruitment & selection processes. Two major social network websites, LinkedIn and Facebook, have been examined due to the fact that they are mostly being used by human resources professionals and job seekers. Qualitative content analyses have been carried out by collecting data via in-depth and focus group interviews with recruiters of a holding that also operates in the tourism sector and with job seekers looking for a job in this sector. It has been observed that the purpose of job seekers’ usage of social network websites is to build networks, connections and reach new job opportunities. Likewise, businesses also aim to reach and attract candidates and communicate at the beginning of the recruitment process.

Coworkers, Networks, and Job-Search Outcomes among Displaced Workers

ILR Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perihan Ozge Saygin ◽  
Andrea Weber ◽  
Michèle A. Weynandt
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Displaced Workers ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Job Finding

This article examines the mechanisms by which social networks affect the labor market outcomes of displaced workers. The authors draw on administrative records for the universe of private-sector employment in Austria to identify work-related networks among former coworkers. They analyze the importance of social networks for both job seekers and hiring firms. For job seekers, results indicate that having a high share of former coworkers who are currently employed in expanding firms improves job-finding success. For firms seeking to hire new employees, the authors find that a firm is twice as likely to hire a displaced worker with a former-coworker link to one of their current employees than to hire a worker displaced from the same closing firm but without a link. These results suggest that information about job opportunities and demand-side conditions is transmitted in work-related networks between workers and firms.

Canadian White-Collar Workers' Views of Their Experience with Downsizing or Job Loss

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon Goldenberg ◽  
Theresa Kline
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Displaced Workers ◽  
White Collar Workers ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Direct Use

Despite continuing bouts of downsizing in North America, there is relatively little literature on Canadian white-collar workers' experience of this kind of job loss. In the present context “downsizing” refers to nonperformance-based job loss, that is, job loss through restructuring, strategic planning, or other organizational initiatives wherein individuals lose their jobs through no fault of their own. From fall of 1992 and through the winter of 1993, we conducted interviews with 144 mostly white collar displaced workers in and around Calgary, Alberta. Their perceptions of many aspects of the downsizing experience are described. The advice our participants gave to others may be of direct use. Several issues that clearly need research are also noted.

Simulating individual work trips for transit-facilitated accessibility study

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruihong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Census Tracts ◽  
Transit Network ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Individual Work ◽  
Job Opportunities

To measure job accessibility, person-based approaches have the advantage to capture all accessibility components: land use, transportation system, individual’s mobility and travel preference, as well as individual’s space and time constraints. This makes person-based approaches more favorable than traditional aggregated approaches in recent years. However, person-based accessibility measures require detailed individual trip data which are very difficult and expensive to acquire, especially at large scales. In addition, traveling by public transportation is a highly time sensitive activity, which can hardly be handled by traditional accessibility measures. This paper presents an agent-based model for simulating individual work trips in hoping to provide an alternative or supplementary solution to person-based accessibility study. In the model, population is simulated as three levels of agents: census tracts, households, and individual workers. And job opportunities (businesses) are simulated as employer agents. Census tract agents have the ability to generate household and worker agents based on their demographic profiles and a road network. Worker agents are the most active agents that can search jobs and find the best paths for commuting. Employer agents can estimate the number of transit-dependent employees, hire workers, and update vacancies. A case study is conducted in the Milwaukee metropolitan area in Wisconsin. Several person-based accessibility measures are computed based on simulated trips, which disclose low accessibility inner city neighborhoods well covered by a transit network.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Perceived Support, Fear Of Failure Dan Self-Efficacy Terhadap Niat Berwirausaha Pada Mahasiswa S1 Manajemen Fakultas Ekonomi Dan Bisnis Universitas Airlangga

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jovi Sulistiawan
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The University

The imbalance between job seekers and job opportunities cause an increase of unemployment rate in Indonesia. Thus make Universities try to increase entrepreneurship intention among students. Universities try to give support such as giving entrepreneurship education to students. This research examines whether entrepreneurship education has positive effects on entrepreneurial intention. Besides, this research examines whether attitudes towards entrepreneurship, perceived support and also fear of failure have effects on entrepreneurial intention among students. The data was collected using questionnaire instrument obtained from 254 respondents of Students of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Airlangga University in Surabaya. The results of this study are expected to give some input for the University to increase the entrepreneurial intention among students.

scholarly journals Alleen maar een verlangen? jobgerelateerde risicofactoren en seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de Vlaamse cultuur- en mediasector

2020 ◽  
pp. 159-181
Author(s):  
Mart Willekens ◽  
Jessy Siongers ◽  
John Lievens
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Professional Network ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Secondary Factor ◽  
Status Position

In this paper, we analyse how characteristics of the work environment in the cultural industries influence the likelihood of experiencing sexual harassment. We differentiate between communicational (remarks, jokes and infantilization) and behavioural (physical contact and force) forms of sexual harassment. Experiencing the work environment as highly competitive and having a large professional network prove to be the most important explanatory factors. Doing artistic work is a secondary factor that helps explain the prevalence of sexual harassment. Occupational status is also important, but this effect differs for men and women. Men experience sexual harassment more often when they have a lower status position within the cultural and media industries, while this is not the case for women.

scholarly journals Seven Motivations of Students Selecting Department of Islamic Teaching Education in Public University

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Yunus Rahawarin ◽  
Engkizar ◽  
Rosniati Hakim ◽  
Widia Wahana Sari ◽  
Nadia Sri Ramdani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Public University ◽  
State University ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Strong Motivation ◽  
Depth Interviews

Choosing a career as an Islamic teacher has many challenges as well as fun, not everyone is interested in this profession except those who have strong motivation. This study aims to find out the real motivation of students to select department of Islamic teaching education in public university, even though this department is widely offered by state and private Islamic universities. This study uses qualitative methods with a case study approach (case study design). Sources of data were taken from thirty informants through in-depth interviews selected using a purposive sampling technique, all informants were active students who chose the department of Islamic teaching education at Padang State University in 2017, 2018 and 2019. All interviews were analyzed thematically using the NVivo 10 qualitative analysis software. The results of the analysis showed that there were seven motivations of students to select department of Islamic teaching education. Those seven motivations are: i) self-will, ii) parents' encouragement, iii) choice to become a religious teacher, iv) job opportunities after graduation, v) desire to study at public universities vi) opportunity to spread dakwah, vii) to deepen Islamic knowledge. The results of this study can be used as preliminary data for subsequent researchers to examine this problem in different contexts and issues.

scholarly journals Alcohol Abuse as a Militating Factor against Quality of Life for Migrants’ Youth Population in Selected Provinces of South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1196-1201
Author(s):  
F.K. Matlakala ◽  
◽  
J.C. Makhubele ◽  
D.T. Masilo ◽  
M.M. Kwakwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Alcohol Outlets ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Youth Population

Migrants’ youth are seen as one of the vulnerable populations in South Africa. This is largely due to the fact that they are seen as people who come to take job opportunities of the youth in the host country. In order to cope with their fear and stress, migrants indulge in binge consumption of alcohol. It is in light of that that in this paper researchers aimed to accentuate alcohol abuse as a militating factor against the quality of life for migrants’ youth population in selected provinces of South Africa. The study adopted qualitative approach and case study design to highlight how alcohol is seen as a militating factor against quality of life. The study population was drawn from three provinces in South Africa using convenient sampling technique to sample three participants. Moreover, the data was collected telephonically in three selected provinces and analysed thematically. The findings indicate that due to the accessibility, availability, affordability and stress migrants’ youth indulge in binge consumption. Thus, researchers recommend that policymakers should make guidelines that will restrict mushrooming of alcohol outlets – be regulation to prohibit overcrowding of outlets in selected provinces of South Africa.

Federation of Malaysia

2019 ◽  
pp. 125-158
Author(s):  
Daniel Pascoe
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
The State ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Judicial Discretion ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Capital Cases ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

As with Chapters 3 and 4, the case study on Malaysia begins with a thorough description of the country’s death penalty laws and practice, and Malaysia’s publicly known clemency practice over the period under analysis (1991–2016). Thereafter, for both the Malaysian (Chapter 5) and Indonesian (Chapter 6) cases, the potential explanatory factors for clemency incidence are more complex than for Thailand and Singapore, given these two jurisdictions’ more moderate rates of capital clemency and fluctuating political policies on capital punishment over time. Available statistics suggest that Malaysia’s clemency rate is moderately high, at between 55 and 63 per cent of finalized capital cases. Malaysia is a federal state where pardons are granted by the hereditary rulers or appointed state governors in state-based cases, or by the Malaysian king (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) in federal and security cases, all on the advice of specially constituted Pardons Boards. Chapter 5 presents the following two explanations for Malaysia’s restrictions on death penalty clemency: prosecutorial/judicial discretion and detention without trial in capital cases, and the Federal Attorney-General’s constitutional role on the State and Federal Pardons Boards. As to why Malaysia’s clemency rate has not then fallen to the miniscule level seen in neighbouring Singapore (with both nations closely comparable, as they were once part of the same Federation of Malaya), Chapter 5 points to the relevant paperwork placed before each Pardons Board, the merciful role played by the Malay monarchy, and the impact of excessively long stays on death row before clemency decisions are reached.

scholarly journals Job Accessibility from a Multiple Commuting Circles Perspective Using Baidu Location Data: A Case Study of Wuhan, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cai ◽  
Liu ◽  
Luo ◽  
Xing ◽  
Liu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Job Accessibility ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Transit Services ◽  
Service Jobs ◽  
Wuhan Metropolitan Area

Jobs–housing imbalance is a hot topic in urban study and has obtained many results. However, little research has overcome the limits of administrative boundaries in job accessibility measurement and considered differences in job accessibility within multiple commuting circles. Using Baidu location data, this research proposes a new method to measure job accessibility within multiple commuting circles at the grids’ level. Taking the Wuhan metropolitan area as a case study, the results are as follows: (1) Housing and service jobs are concentrated in the central urban areas along the Yangtze River, whereas industrial jobs are scattered throughout suburbs with double centers. The potential competition for job opportunities is fiercer in the city center than in the suburbs. (2) Job accessibility with different levels shows significant circle-like distribution. People with long- or short-distance potential commutes demand to live close to the groups with the same demand. Residents with long-distance commutes demand to live outside of where those with short-distance commutes demand to reside, regardless of whether their commuting demand is for service or industrial jobs. (3) There are three optimization patterns for transit services to increase job accessibility in various areas. These patterns involve areas with inadequate job opportunities, poor transit services to service jobs, and poor transit services to industrial jobs. Developing current transit facilities or new transit alternatives as well as adding extra jobs near housing could improve jobs–housing imbalance in these areas. Findings from this study could guide the allocation of jobs and housing as well as the development of transport to reduce residents’ commuting burdens and promote transportation equity. The method used in this study can be applied to evaluate jobs–housing imbalance from the perspective of the supply in other metropolises.

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