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Article: Working towards ill health? An investigation of psychological well-being in unemployed and employed low-wage earners.
- Article from:
- International Journal of Employment Studies
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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This study investigated the psychological well-being of 193 unemployed people and 206 employed low wage earners aged between eighteen and sixty-four years. Relationships between the latent and manifest benefits of employment, employment commitment, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, trait neuroticism, and psychological well-being were examined. Self-report questionnaire data was analysed using MANOVA, partial correlation and hierarchical multiple regression. Results showed that for the unemployed participants, the latent benefits of employment, life satisfaction, and job satisfaction were important predictors of psychological well-being. For the employed low wage ...