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Andrea Hammermann / Jörg Schmidt / Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015 German workers’ attitudes to the balance between career goals and family interests

An empirical analysis based on the 2012 BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey

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German workers’ attitudes to the balance between career goals and family interests
Andrea Hammermann / Jörg Schmidt / Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015

German workers’ attitudes to the balance between career goals and family interests

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German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

An empirical analysis based on the 2012 BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey

A strong time commitment continues to be one of the key conditions for achieving career goals in German business. One of the main conclusions of an empirical analysis based on the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey, this may explain why only every second man and every third woman attaches high value to professional advancement. Particularly in the 31- to 40-year-old age group employees see themselves as facing a dilemma between striving to attain their career goals and finding time for the interests of their family. This applies equally to women and men. Those who give priority to their careers are more likely to hold a managerial position, with almost 37 per cent of career-oriented women and some 43 per cent of career-oriented men in this age group performing line management duties with responsibility for other staff. Among all 31- to 40-year-olds this is true for a mere 28 percent of women and 36 per cent of men. While it may be difficult to reconcile career goals with astrong time commitment to family interests, employees do not necessarily perceive this as a drawback. This is because for career-oriented, as opposed to family-oriented, employees, the main factor in

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German workers’ attitudes to the balance between career goals and family interests
Andrea Hammermann / Jörg Schmidt / Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015

Andrea Hammermann / Jörg Schmidt / Oliver Stettes: Beschäftigte zwischen Karriereambitionen und Familienorientierung - Eine empirische Analyse auf Basis der BIBB/BAuA-Erwerbstätigenbefragung 2012

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Solo Self-employed and Contract Workers as Catalysts of Digital Transformation in German Companies
Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 14. April 2023

Solo Self-employed and Contract Workers as Catalysts of Digital Transformation in German Companies

In 2021, around one in four companies in Germany had solo self-employed workers or employees of outside companies working for them under contract.

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Andrea Hammermann / Jörg Schmidt / Oliver Stettes IW-Analyse No. 149 27. July 2022

Labour turnover in Germany

Labour turnover in Germany tends to be relatively constant over time but decreases slightly in times of economic crisis, such as the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 or the Covid-19 pandemic.

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