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Fort, Isabelle; Lheureux, Florent; Auzoult, Laurent – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to extend the results of previous research exploring the paths between variables of the theory of planned behaviour and job attainment. The theory of planned behaviour assumes that attitude, subjective norm and self-efficacy contribute to intention, which in turn determines behaviour and, finally, an outcome.…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Intention, Employment Patterns, Self Efficacy
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Samson Onyeluka Chukwuedo; Anthony Osinachi Okorafor; Ikechukwu Chidiebere Odogwu; Francisca Nebechi Nnajiofor – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Within the umbrella of technology and vocational education (TVET), technology or technical education in higher institutions of learning is obligated to produce the required manpower needed in the industry. Thus, it is pertinent to explore the interaction between the industry and higher education students. Drawing on the tenets of theory…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Education, Behavior Theories, Work Experience Programs
Goff, Peter; You, Eunji; Gandy-Fastovich, Lydia; Yang, Minseok; Batt, Lena; Xie, Xin; Yang, Hyunwoo – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2020
By coupling statewide vacancy/application records with administrative data, we find that activity on the teacher labor market is substantially greater than previously documented, with 53% of novice teachers searching for new positions after their first year and 27% changing schools or leaving the public system. The empirical evidence favors…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Teacher Supply and Demand, Beginning Teachers, Preferences
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Deer, LillyBelle K.; Gohn, Kelsey; Kanaya, Tomoe – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: Current college students in the USA are reporting higher levels of anxiety over career planning than previous generations, placing pressure on colleges to provide effective career development opportunities for their students. Research has consistently found that increasing career-related self-efficacy is particularly effective at…
Descriptors: College Students, Career Planning, Career Development, Anxiety
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Changjun, Yue – Chinese Education & Society, 2014
Based on data from nationwide surveys of graduates conducted in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 by the Institute of Economics of Education, Peking University, this article provides a statistical comparative analysis of employment results and the job search process. It examines the characteristics of college graduate employment in China, as well…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, College Graduates, Employment
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Zikic, Jelena; Saks, Alan M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
Social cognitive theory was used to explain the relationships between career-relevant activities (environmental and self career exploration, career resources, and training), self-regulatory variables (job search self-efficacy and job search clarity), variables from the Theory of Planned Behavior (job search attitude, subjective norm, job search…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Self Efficacy, Job Search Methods, Intention