The Costs of a Career in Minutes and Morbidity

It will be shown that people with a career pursuit orientation to the labour market are likely to work significantly longer hours, especially if they are women.

Abstract

A career pursuit pattern in employment attitudes and behaviour is identifiable both at the aggregate level and that of the individual worker. The following examination first establishes the principal features of this pattern. It will then be shown that people with a career pursuit orientation to the labour market are likely to work significantly longer hours, especially if they are women. The consequences for individual well-being will then be examined.KeywordsFemale EmployeeBritish Household Panel SurveyCareer PursuitCommitment GroupCareer CommitmentThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.