abstract: 'The ability of welfare-to-work clients to leave the welfare rolls and

  stay in the labor force is often limited by the work barriers they face.

  Using a sample of 1,404 female welfare-to-work clients we first examined

  the structure of work barriers and then tested their contribution to

  current work status in the context of a structural equation model that

  incorporated other central pathways to employment. Whereas work barriers

  included diverse factors ranging from lack of transportation to low

  quality jobs, they were shown to constitute a uni-dimensional construct.

  Furthermore, work barriers had a net adverse effect on employment

  outcomes, controlling for job search self-efficacy and employment

  intention. We conclude with discussion of implications for the

  development of welfare-to-work programs and interventions that target

  low-income women.'
affiliation: 'Lee, SJ (Corresponding Author), Wayne State Univ, Sch Social Work, 4756
  Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201 USA.

  Wayne State Univ, Sch Social Work, Detroit, MI 48201 USA.

  Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 USA.'
author: Lee, Shawna J. and Vinokur, Amiram D.
author-email: shawnal@wayne.edu
author_list:
- family: Lee
  given: Shawna J.
- family: Vinokur
  given: Amiram D.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s10464-007-9144-x
eissn: 1573-2770
files: []
issn: 0091-0562
journal: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
keywords: welfare; work; low-income women; work barriers; path model
keywords-plus: 'SINGLE BLACK MOTHERS; SELF-EFFICACY; MENTAL-HEALTH; IMPLEMENTATION

  INTENTIONS; JOBS INTERVENTION; RECIPIENTS; REFORM; ATTITUDES; FAMILIES;

  INCOME'
language: English
month: DEC
number: 3-4
number-of-cited-references: '69'
pages: 301-312
papis_id: 4f351295c3495628fa9d45f38a25199b
ref: Lee2007workbarriers
times-cited: '25'
title: Work barriers in the context of pathways to the employment of welfare-to-work
  clients
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000250754200010
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '40'
web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Psychology,

  Multidisciplinary; Social Work'
year: '2007'