More people would work if jobs were easy to find - but they do not search when work is scarce. Workers calculate the probability of finding a job in relation to the wage they are likely to get and conclude that the effort is not worthwhile.
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Based on the glossary section of Human Resource Management, 4th edition.
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Human Resource Management, 4th edition
by Alan Price
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
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