Unemployed individuals’ work values and job flexibility an explanation from expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory

Anja Van den Broeck, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Willy Lens and Hans De Witte

No 627775, Working Papers of Department of Work and Organisation Studies, Leuven from KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Work and Organisation Studies, Leuven

Abstract: Changes in the contemporary labor market have resulted in an increasing demand for flexibility at work. The present research examines the relation between unemployed individuals' work values and their attitudes towards job flexibility. Consistent with Expectancy-Value Theory (Feather, 1990), employment value positively predicted all measured types of flexibility, that is: training flexibility, pay flexibility, and the flexibility to accept a monotonous and an under qualified job. Further, in line with Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), results show that holding an intrinsic relative to an extrinsic work value orientation is positively related to training flexibility and pay flexibility, tends to be negatively related to accepting a monotonous job and is unrelated to accepting an under qualified job. Overall, these results indicate that not only the degree of employment value but also the content of individuals' work value orientations matter in understanding unemployed individuals' job flexibility.

Pages: 32
Date: 2006
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