Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland
The aims of this article are to examine the reemployment of displaced workers and individual factors that predict reemployment and education, earnings in new jobs, and paths to reemployment. This article is based on a case study of the closing down of the Perlos Ltd plants in North Karelia in easter...
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ftsbaarhusojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/26792 2023-05-15T17:00:06+02:00 Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland Jolkkonen, Arja Koistinen, Pertti Kurvinen, Arja 2012-02-24 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/26792 eng eng Aalborg University, Denmark https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/26792/23564 https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/26792 Copyright (c) 2012 Author and Journal Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012); pp. 81-100 Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies; Årg. 2 Nr. 1 (2012); pp. 81-100 2245-0157 Employment wages unemployment & rehabilitation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2012 ftsbaarhusojs 2021-05-06T20:35:36Z The aims of this article are to examine the reemployment of displaced workers and individual factors that predict reemployment and education, earnings in new jobs, and paths to reemployment. This article is based on a case study of the closing down of the Perlos Ltd plants in North Karelia in eastern Finland. From the 1990s, the Perlos Corporation grew from a Nokia subcontractor into a globally operating limited company with a global workforce of over 13,000 workers and almost 2,000 workers in North Karelia. In 2007, the corporation closed down all its production activities in Finland. In the case study, various data sources were used but this article is based mainly on the questionnaire conducted in 2008 among 1,217 trade union members. Logistic and multinomial regression analyses are used as analysis methods. Against expectations, the fast reemployment of the displaced workers was a surprise, which can be explained by the good demand and hidden need for labor in other firms in this region. However, the demand was specific and differentiated between the workers’ job opportunities. White-collar workers had better chances of reemployment. Gender, next to the occupational status, was an important predictor for reemployment. On the other hand, education, the willingness to move, and family status were not statistically significant explanatory factors for reemployment. The age of the job seekers was one important factor predicting unemployment. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* Aarhus University: OJS at The State and University Library Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 2 1 81 |
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The aims of this article are to examine the reemployment of displaced workers and individual factors that predict reemployment and education, earnings in new jobs, and paths to reemployment. This article is based on a case study of the closing down of the Perlos Ltd plants in North Karelia in eastern Finland. From the 1990s, the Perlos Corporation grew from a Nokia subcontractor into a globally operating limited company with a global workforce of over 13,000 workers and almost 2,000 workers in North Karelia. In 2007, the corporation closed down all its production activities in Finland. In the case study, various data sources were used but this article is based mainly on the questionnaire conducted in 2008 among 1,217 trade union members. Logistic and multinomial regression analyses are used as analysis methods. Against expectations, the fast reemployment of the displaced workers was a surprise, which can be explained by the good demand and hidden need for labor in other firms in this region. However, the demand was specific and differentiated between the workers’ job opportunities. White-collar workers had better chances of reemployment. Gender, next to the occupational status, was an important predictor for reemployment. On the other hand, education, the willingness to move, and family status were not statistically significant explanatory factors for reemployment. The age of the job seekers was one important factor predicting unemployment. |
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Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland |
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Reemployment of Displaced Workers – The Case of a Plant Closing on a Remote Region in Finland |
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