Research Article
Why Do Some Employees Fall into and Fail to Exit a Job-Lock Situation?
Table 2
Results of binary probit regression.
| Explanatory variable
| Job dissatisfaction for two subsequent years | 0 = not in job lock (i.e., mobile during at least one of the years) | 1 = in job lock (i.e., immobile during both years) | Coefficient | Std. error | Odds ratio |
| Sociodemographic features | | | | Age | 0.024** | 0.003 | 1.035 | Gender | 0.139* | 0.058 | 1.261 | Health status |
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| 0.106 | 0.505 | Marital status | 0.127* | 0.057 | 1.234 | Personality attributes: | | | | Min peak-end self-esteem | 0.054 | 0.073 | 1.076 | Procrastination | −0.049 | 0.084 | 0.932 | Type of occupation (reference category: clerical and secretarial) | | | | Manager and administrators | −0.369** | 0.097 | 0.545 | Professional | 0.030 | 0.100 | 0.946 | Associate professional/technical | −0.084 | 0.105 | 0.875 | Craft | 0.448** | 0.094 | 2.093 | Personal and protective service | −0.203 | 0.108 | 0.718 | Sales | −0.064 | 0.116 | 0.891 | Plant and machine | 0.095 | 0.088 | 1.171 | Other occupations | 0.079 | 0.110 | 1.167 | Employment conditions | | | | Full-time contract | 0.360** | 0.087 | 1.794 | Employer pension scheme | 0.318** | 0.076 | 1.677 | Member of the trade unions | −0.035 | 0.082 | 0.949 | On-the-job training | 0.071 | 0.055 | 1.128 | Promotion opportunities | −0.627** | 0.068 | 0.355 | Type of sector (reference category: army and other sectors) | | | | Civil | −0.388** | 0.141 | 0.524 | Governmental | −0.580** | 0.115 | 0.382 | NHS or higher education | −0.867** | 0.142 | 0.236 | National industry | 0.099 | 0.207 | 1.137 | Nonprofit | −0.859** | 0.213 | 0.239 | Private | −0.928** | 0.085 | 0.214 | Work-related contextual features | | | | Regional unemployment rate | | 0.013 | 0.995 | Intercept | | 0.220 | | Observations | 2949 | Pseudo | 0.147 |
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Significant at 5% level; **significant at 1% level.
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