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Title: Beyond Allocative Efficiency: The Role of Psychological Factors in Worker Motivation, Career Choice, and Industrial Mobility
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Frantz, Roger Scott |
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Beyond Allocative Efficiency: The Role of Psychological Factors in Worker Motivation, Career Choice, and Industrial Mobility Ph.D. Dissertation, Washington State University, 1978. DAI-A 39/08, p. 5074, Feb 1979 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Internal-External Attitude; Mobility; Transition, School to Work; Work Attitudes This study focuses on some substantial and pervasive direct and indirect effects which an individual's attitudes are likely to produce on his labor market experiences. The Young Men's sample of the NLS is used to examine two issues: (1) how a belief in internal external control affects labor market experiences; and (2) how a belief in internal-external control is affected by the transition from school to work. In developing a conceptual framework for testing these issues, the author considers that labor market experiences (wages, occupational status, turnover) are affected by three major classes of variables: (1) psychological orientation, or attitudes in general; (2) human capital; and (3) market structure. In addition, one's labor market success or failure, his attempts at beginning his own family, world events, and his new status as one gaining financial and emotional independence are crucial in determining how his transition period affects his attitudes towards himself. The model is designed to deal with interactions between attitudes and human capital variables. This dissertation concludes that attitudes affect the economic benefits of human capital and earnings, and that attitudes are affected by the work and personal experiences during the transition period between school and work. |
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Frantz, Roger Scott. Beyond Allocative Efficiency: The Role of Psychological Factors in Worker Motivation, Career Choice, and Industrial Mobility. Ph.D. Dissertation, Washington State University, 1978. DAI-A 39/08, p. 5074, Feb 1979. |