Marginal Workers and Their Decisions to Work or to Quit

Bruce S. Harvey and Rudolph L. Kagerer

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1976, vol. 35, issue 2, 137-147

Abstract: Abstract. What motivates the marginal worker to decide to work or to quit and collect unemployment insurance or welfare payments? A study of poultry processing plant workers in Georgia indicates that few quit to obtain more leisure. Dissatisfaction with compensation is only a secondary factor. Primary ones are cumulative dissatisfaction with work and the total work environment. Changes in supervision and in the Job structure are suggested.

Date: 1976
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