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Unemployed People in Search of a Job: Reconsidering the Role of Search Behavior
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Sverko, Branimir; Galic, Zvonimir; Sersic, Darja Maslic; Galesic, Mirta – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
A three-wave longitudinal study of unemployed persons in Croatia was used to examine the antecedents of job-seeking behavior and reemployment. A series of demographic, motivational and job-constraint variables were posited to influence job-seeking behavior, which, in turn, was hypothesized to affect (re)employment. The participants were surveyed…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Employment Level, Foreign Countries, Job Search Methods
Effects of Individual Differences and Job Search Behaviors on the Employment Status of Recent University Graduates.
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Saks, Alan M.; Ashforth, Blake E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
The employment status of 384 college graduates was measured at graduation and four months later. Job-search self-efficacy predicted preparatory and active job search and its intensity, as well as employment status at graduation. Preparatory job-search behavior predicted employment status after four months. (SK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Level, Individual Differences, Job Search Methods
Multiple Predictors and Criteria of Job Search Success
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Saks, Alan M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the combined and differential effects of five job search behaviors (informal sources, formal sources, preparatory search intensity, active search intensity, job search effort) on five criteria of job search success (job interviews, job offers, employment status, person-job fit, and person-organization fit)…
Descriptors: Graduates, Employment Level, Self Efficacy, Job Applicants
Change in Job Search Behaviors and Employment Outcomes.
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Ashforth, Burke K.; Saks, Alan M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000
Job-search behaviors and employment outcomes of 121 recent college graduates were measured at and 4 months after graduation. Job seekers increased active searching and use of formal sources and decreased anxiety. Self-esteem and self-efficacy did not moderate changes in search behavior. Changes were related to number of job interviews and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Graduates, Employment Level
Negative Affect and Job Search: Further Examination of the Reverse Causation Hypothesis
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Crossley, Craig D.; Stanton, Jeffrey M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2005
The present study examined a longitudinal model of state and trait negative affect as predictors of job-search success. Job-search self-efficacy and job-search intensity were also examined as mediators of the negative affect--job-search success relation. Overall the model offered mixed support for Kasl's (1982) Reverse Causation Hypothesis.…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Self Efficacy, Models