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Conspicuous employment is the prestige-oriented behaviour of employers and employees on the job market. Prestigious employer preference (PEP) describes an individual’s motivational component to prefer highly reputable employers for status concerns. In this chapter, I discuss the findings of my study on the subject. I reiterate the findings on the relationship of PEP with work-related values, regulatory focus and social comparison, point to the limitations of the study, and highlight both practical and theoretical implications before providing a conclusion.
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Berghaus, B. (2020). Discussion. In: Conspicuous Employment. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37701-4_6
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