@article{ref1,
title="Psychological effects of (non)employment: a cross-national comparison of the United States and Japan",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2015",
author="Gnambs, Timo and Stiglbauer, Barbara and Selenko, Eva",
volume="56",
number="6",
pages="659-669",
abstract="The involuntary loss of employment has been shown to deteriorate subjective well-being. Adopting a cross-cultural perspective on Jahoda's () deprivation model this study examines several latent and manifest benefits of work that were expected to mediate the effects of employment status on well-being. It was hypothesized that in more collectivistic societies the decline in subjective well-being would be a consequence of a diminished sense of collective purpose for the non-employed, whereas in individualistic societies the crucial factors would be a loss of social status and financial benefits. The findings from two representative national surveys conducted in the United States (N = 1,093) and Japan (N = 647) provided partial support for these hypotheses. Cultural differences moderated the effects of employment status on the benefits of work. As a consequence, different processes mediated the decline in well-being for the non-employed in the two countries. These results are embedded within the wider discourse on culture and its effect on unemployment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/sjop.12240",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12240"
}