Subjective Career Success of Industrial Workers a Decade After Mass Redundancy

Abstract

This study examines which factors influence the long-term subjective career success of industrial workers, who experienced mass redundancy during the Great Recession. We used two tailor-made surveys to analyze how workers assess the impact of plant closure on their subjective career success. Higher educational attainment and a more internal locus of control correlate with a more positive assessment of post-redundancy career success. We also observe differences in workers’ evaluations due to differing plant closure modalities on the meso-level.