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Behavioral Science Approaches to Studying Underemployment

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As with economic approaches (see Wilkins & Wooden, this volume), there is a lack of agreement as to what constitutes underemployment (i.e., a broad term referring to inadequate employment relative to some standard; Feldman, 1996) among behavioral scientists. In this chapter, we attempt to shed some light into this issue. In structuring our chapter, we use Feldman’s (1996) Journal of Management review of underemployment as a springboard to examine how measurement of underemployment has progressed since its publication. Specifically, Feldman detailed the conceptual and methodological state of the underemployment construct and outlined specific recommendations to improve its measurement. Feldman sketched several methodological avenues for future scholars striving to better understand the underemployment phenomenon.

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  1. UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    Aleksandra Luksyte

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    Christiane Spitzmueller

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Luksyte, A., Spitzmueller, C. (2011). Behavioral Science Approaches to Studying Underemployment. In: Maynard, D., Feldman, D. (eds) Underemployment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9413-4_3

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