A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory: Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes
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- Eileen Trzcinski & Elke Holst, 2011. "A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory: Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1157, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Eileen Trzcinski & Elke Holst, 2011. "A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory: Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 403, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
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Keywords
labour market theory; power; gender; personality traits; locus of control; SOEP;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
- B54 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Feminist Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2011-11-21 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-HME-2011-11-21 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-LAB-2011-11-21 (Labour Economics)
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