The Value of Job Security: Does Calling Matter?

Eitan Hourie, Miki Malul, Raphael Bar-El

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Abstract

This paper tests the influence of an occupation as a calling on the value of job security and its connection with wage levels. The sample includes 495 workers from 10 occupations in the public and private sectors. The results from a linear regression indicate that those with occupations that the literature has defined as a calling value job security less than those in ordinary occupations. Workers in such occupations are 68.5% less likely to regard job security as a major factor than those in regular jobs. In addition, the salary level has no effect on this relationship. Finally, those who work in occupations that are regarded as a calling have less status quo bias than those in ordinary employment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-164
Number of pages10
JournalE-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies
Volume11
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Calling
  • Job Security
  • Loss Aversion
  • Status Quo Bias
  • Tenure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial relations
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Law

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