Research Article

Why Do Some Employees Fall into and Fail to Exit a Job-Lock Situation?

Table 5

Coding of the dummy variables used in the analysis.

Dummy variablesDummy codes
01

GenderFemaleMale
Marital statusSeparated; divorced; widowed; never marriedMarried
Health problems: anxiety, depression, and so forthNoAnxiety, depression, or bad nerves
Decisional procrastinationMore than usual; same as usualLess so; much less
Self-worth
Private sector
Civil sector
Governmental sector
Not at all; no more than usual
No
No
No
Rather more; much more
Yes
Yes
Yes
Full-time contract
Employer pension scheme
On-job training
Promotion opportunities
Member of the trade unions
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes