Most studies of what causes people to leave their current job (employee turnover) have focused exclusively on full-time employment. Much of this research draws attention to four categories of influence on turnover: work-related factors, such as low job satisfaction; external factors, such as wage-earner status in the household and attractive job alternatives; individual characteristics, such as education and age; and job performance (how well an individual functions in a particular job). A question that arises for industries that rely heavily on part-time labor is whether these factors influence turnover among part-time employees in the same manner that they do among full-time employees. Studies focusing on full-time employment have posited that the higher the employee's educational level, the higher that individual's expectations, leading to greater job dissatisfaction and increased likelihood of turnover. A recent study that focused on turnover among part-time workers suggests that when an individual assumes a part-time job as a secondary activity to supplement household income, it is probable that because of its lower importance, the job will cause considerably less frustration for the individual than will a job that provides a household's primary income. On the other hand, the same study finds support for applying to part-time workers the assertion found in full-time turnover literature that household primary-income earners are less likely than are other workers to leave a job voluntarily.
The results of the "recent study" mentioned in the highlighted text suggest which of the following about the relationship between wage-earner status and employee turnover?
Full-time employees are more likely than are part-time employees to change jobs in spite of their status as household primary-income earner.
Wage-earner status plays a greater role than does the availability of attractive job alternatives in influencing employee turnover.
The effect on turnover of an employee's status as household primary-income earner is similar for full-time and part-time employees.
An employee's wage-earner status has little added influence on turnover in cases where the employee's job dissatisfaction is high.
A part-time employee who is not the household primary-income earner is less likely to change jobs than is a part-time worker who is the household primary-income earner.
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正确答案:E
答案解释:这道题问的是关于薪水收入者地位和员工离职率之间的关系。文章提到,最近的一项研究表明,如果一个人把兼职工作看作是家庭收入的补充,那么这个工作因为它的重要性较低,可能会减少工人的沮丧感,从而更不可能离开职位。文章还支持在全职离职文献中的观点:家庭的主要收入来源的员工比其他员工更不可能自愿离职。因此,正确答案是E,兼职工作者如果不是家庭的主要收入来源,比作为家庭主要收入来源的兼职工作者更不可能改变工作。