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Slebarska, Katarzyna; Moser, Klaus; Gunnesch-Luca, George – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2009
The authors investigated the relation between the social support received by unemployed individuals (N = 104) and their job search behavior. A moderated mediation model demonstrated that the effect of social support on job search behaviors was mediated by self-esteem but only if adequacy of social support was perceived as low. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Unemployment, Self Esteem, Job Skills
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Ursic, Cveto – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1998
Summarizes a study of the economic, social, and health characteristics of unemployed people with disabilities in Slovenia. Responses by 246 unemployed people with disabilities to a questionnaire provided the data. Results are analyzed in terms of employment waiting period, educational level, economic situation, psycho-social and family situation,…
Descriptors: Adults, Demography, Disabilities, Employment Potential
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Nesdale, Drew; Pinter, Kristy – Journal of Social Psychology, 2000
Examined variables predicting the self-efficacy and job-seeking activities of 103 unemployed youth from diverse cultural backgrounds. Reveals two major predictors of job seeking: (1) the extent to which the youth felt accepted by the dominant culture and (2) the difference between the dominant culture and cultural background. (CMK)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Rosenfeld, Carl; And Others – 1975
A nationwide sample survey was conducted in Janurary 1973 to investigate the job search methods workers used and their effectiveness. Prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Manpower Administration in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census, the survey covered nearly 16 million employed wage and salary workers 16 years of age and…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Services, Individual Characteristics, Job Applicants
Atlanta Univ., GA. Women's Inst. for the Southeast. – 1983
This booklet is a description of a model program developed to improve the status of transitional black women in the southeastern United States. These women are defined as under- or unemployed, poor, undereducated, migrant, or household heads, unaware of specialized educational and occupational opportunities available to them, and/or unable to take…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Career Education, Children