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Who Gets Stuck in Their Workplaces? The Role of Matching Factors, between Individual and Job, and Demographics in Predicting Being Locked In Cover

Who Gets Stuck in Their Workplaces? The Role of Matching Factors, between Individual and Job, and Demographics in Predicting Being Locked In

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|Oct 2019

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Construction of the locked-in status variable (the new values in brackets).

Workplace non-preferencePerceived Employability
LowHigh
1 = Preferred jobNLI (1)NLI (1)
2 = Non-preferred workplace, but OK for nowRLI (2)NLI (1)
3 = Non-preferred workplaceLI (3)NLI (1)

[i] LI: being locked in, RLI: at risk of becoming locked in, NLI: not locked in.

Figure 1

The study hypotheses. For the cross-sectional hypotheses, both independent and dependent variables are measured at Time 1. For longitudinal hypotheses, the independent variables are measured at Time 1, whereas the dependent variable is measured at Time 2. Note that locked-in status baseline (Time 1) only is controlled for in the analyses of longitudinal relations (the dashed line).

Table 2

Multinomial logistic regressions. Matching factors between work and individuals. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Locked-in status T1 (Cross-sectional)Locked-in status T2 (Longitudinal, including locked-in status baseline)
RLILI%RLILI%
Odds ratios95% CIOdds ratios95% CIOdds ratios95% CIOdds ratios95% CI
Knowledge/skills fit
Overqualified1.67***[1.43, 1.93]3.18***[2.48, 4.07]21.61.01      [0.80, 1.26]1.80**  [1.25, 2.58]21.1
Underqualified1.22*    [1.03, 1.45]1.26      [0.90, 1.75]16.41.03      [0.80, 1.32]1.22      [0.77, 1.91]16.9
Well-matched (ref.)–      –      62.0–      –      62.0
Work ability fit
Poor physical work ability11.33***[1.18, 1.50]1.10      [0.89, 1.37]1.15      [0.96, 1.38]1.38*    [1.04, 1.84]
Poor mental work ability11.50***[1.30, 1.73]2.72***[2.24, 3.29]1.39**  [1.13, 1.72]1.40*    [1.01, 1.93]
Locked-in status baseline
LI5.26.96***[4.79, 10.13]29.43***[18.94, 45.74]4.8
RLI19.88.13***[6.69, 9.90]7.01***[4.83, 10.18]18.5
NLI (ref)75.1–      –      76.7
N6449      3898      
Nagelkerke R2.055      .245      

[i] Reference profile: Non-locked-in at Time 2. Locked-in status distribution at Time 2 (LI: 4.7%, RLI: 17.2%, NLI: 78.1%).

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; † p < 0.10.

All independent variables at T1 (2014).

Table 3

Multinomial logistic regressions. Demographic factors. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Locked-in status T1 (Cross-sectional)Locked-in status T2 (Longitudinal, including locked-in status baseline)
RLILI%RLILI%
Odds ratios95% CIOdds ratios95% CIOdds ratios95% CIOdds ratios95% CI
Gender (female)0.94      [0.83, 1.08]0.80†    [0.63, 1.02]57.50.86      [0.71, 1.04]0.62**  [0.44, 0.87]57.7
Age
Less than 35 years0.95      [0.75, 1.21]0.77      [0.49, 1.23]9.60.92      [0.62, 1.35]0.55      [0.26, 1.20]7.8
More than 49 years1.01      [0.87, 1.18]0.99      [0.75, 1.31]51.81.00      [0.80, 1.24]0.93      [0.63, 1.36]53.3
35–49 years (ref.)–      –      38.6–      –      38.8
Socioeconomic position
Unskilled manual1.61***[1.32, 1.95]1.61**  [1.14, 2.28]11.91.27      [0.93, 1.73]1.14      [0.64, 2.03]9.8
Skilled manual1.02      [0.84, 1.24]0.87      [0.60, 1.27]14.41.01      [0.75, 1.35]0.92      [0.52, 1.61]13.1
Assistant non-manual1.56***[1.29, 1.89]1.90***[1.38, 2.61]12.61.50**  [1.12, 2.01]2.77***[1.78, 4.32]11.0
Medium/higher non-manual (ref.)–      –      61.1–      –      66.1
Place of Residence
Urban areas0.78**  [0.66, 0.93]1.10      [0.80, 1.51]34.40.74*    [0.57, 0.95]1.31      [0.82, 2.09]34.7
Semi-urban areas0.98      [0.83, 1.15]1.17      [0.86, 1.58]40.00.81†    [0.64, 1.02]1.14      [0.72, 1.79]40.2
Sparsely populated areas (ref.)–      –      25.6–      –      25.1
Family situation
Marital status (married/cohabitant)0.85*    [0.72, 1.00]0.82      [0.62, 1.10]79.70.94      [0.74, 1.20]0.79      [0.52, 1.20]80.1
Parental status (children at home)1.16†    [1.00, 1.34]0.96      [0.74, 1.26]51.01.18      [0.95, 1.46]1.01      [0.69, 1.49]52.4
Locked-in status baseline
LI5.17.63***[5.19, 11.23]38.84***[24.63, 61.23]4.8
RLI19.58.33***[6.79, 10.20]7.82***[5.28, 11.60]18.3
NLI (ref)75.4–      –      76.9
N5984      3633      
Nagelkerke R2.018      .256      

[i] Reference profile: Non-locked-in at Time 2. Locked-in status distribution at Time 2 (LI: 4.6%, RLI: 17.2%, NLI: 78.2%).

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; †p < 0.10.

All independent variables at T1 (2014).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.56 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 8 - 8
Submitted on: Apr 25, 2018
Accepted on: Jul 3, 2019
Published on: Oct 11, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2019 Johanna Stengård, Erik Berntson, Constanze Leineweber, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, published by Stockholm University Press
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