This study examines how community perceptions, family‐related factors, and other psychosocial factors collectively shape young adults' intentions to stay in their nonmetropolitan communities for employment. Research on nonmetropolitan populations' intentions to stay has increasingly highlighted community factors, including perceptions of the community and social connections. However, perceptions of the community have often been studied linearly and researchers have overlooked the multidimensional nature of employment decisions. Thus, this study conducted a latent profile analysis of 513 nonmetropolitan young adults and identified four distinct profiles: positive perceptions of social and professional characteristics (38.79%), positive perceptions of overall community characteristics (35.28%), positive perceptions of long‐term life planning characteristics (15.79%), and negative perceptions of overall community characteristics (10.14%). Path analyses indicated that community perception profiles, characterized by more positive perceptions of family‐friendliness and enjoyment of an active social and professional life, are associated with greater intention to obtain or retain local employment in a nonmetropolitan community. The findings are mediated by the effects of embeddedness within a community and organization. Family support also plays a crucial role in job seekers' intentions to stay for employment. They also value their own perceptions of fewer barriers to staying in nonmetropolitan organizations. These findings provide policy implications for attracting and retaining young nonmetropolitan workers by aligning their aspirations with community, work, and social characteristics.

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确保非大都市地区的未来：社区和家庭对年轻人留港就业意愿的影响☆


本研究探讨了社区观念、家庭相关因素和其他社会心理因素如何共同影响年轻人留在非大都市社区就业的意愿。对非大都市人口的居留意向的研究越来越强调社区因素，包括对社区和社会关系的看法。然而，对社区的看法通常是线性研究的，研究人员忽视了就业决策的多维性质。因此，本研究对 513 名非大都市年轻人进行了潜在概况分析，并确定了四种不同的概况：对社会和职业特征的积极看法 （38.79%）、对整体社区特征的积极看法 （35.28%）、对长期生活规划特征的积极看法 （15.79%） 和对整体社区特征的消极看法 （10.14%）。路径分析表明，社区感知概况的特点是对家庭友好和享受积极的社交和职业生活有更积极的看法，与在非大都市社区获得或保留当地就业的更大意愿相关。这些发现是由社区和组织内的嵌入效应介导的。家庭支持在求职者留下就业的意愿中也起着至关重要的作用。他们还重视自己对留在非大都市组织障碍较少的看法。这些发现通过将年轻的非大都市工人的愿望与社区、工作和社会特征保持一致，为吸引和留住年轻的非大都市工人提供了政策意义。