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Direct linkTziner, Aharon; Vered, Efrat; Ophir, Limor – Journal of Career Assessment, 2004
This study examined the connection between personality traits (extraversion, conscientiousness, openness) and two strategies for job search: networking (family, friends, etc.) and general search (want ads, employment agencies), making use of Costa and McCrae's five-factor model of personality dimensions. The relations between the two strategies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, College Graduates, Unemployment
Peer reviewedHaupert, Michael J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Describes a class experiment where students search a hypothetical job market for jobs paying wages in a known range but with an unknown wage distribution. The experiment is divided into three "trials", each one introducing different variables (unemployment insurance, search costs, and recession). Includes experiment instructions and a…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Competitive Selection, Costs, Economics Education
