Using 20years of employment and job mobility data from a representative German sample (N = 1259), we employ optimal matching analysis (OMA) to identify six career patterns which deviate from the traditional career path of long-term, full-time employment in one organization. Then, in further analyses, we examine which socio-demographic predictors…

A three-wave longitudinal study of unemployed persons in Croatia was used to examine the antecedents of job-seeking behavior and reemployment. A series of demographic, motivational and job-constraint variables were posited to influence job-seeking behavior, which, in turn, was hypothesized to affect (re)employment. The participants were surveyed…

Examined age variance in the relationship of women's achievement needs and values to their participation in paid employment. Studied a cross-sectional sample of 1120 women, ages 22-64. Findings suggested that women's labor force participation is partially a function of the interaction between career and family task demands and values. (Author/JAC)