Trait Affect and Job Search Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Cote, Stephane; Saks, Alan M.; Zikic, Jelena
Titel	Trait Affect and Job Search Outcomes
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68 (2006) 2, S.233-252 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2005.08.001
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; College Students; Self Efficacy; Labor Market; Job Applicants; Job Search Methods; Affective Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Collegestudent; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Bewerber; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung
Abstract	The present study examines the role of trait affect in job search. One hundred and twenty-three university students completed measures of positive and negative affectivity, conscientiousness, job search self-efficacy, job search clarity, and job search intensity during their last year of school while on the job market. At the end of the school year, participants completed the measure of job search intensity again, and indicated the number of interviews and offers they had received and whether they had accepted a full-time job. As hypothesized, positive affectivity predicted job search clarity over and above conscientiousness and job search self-efficacy. Job search clarity mediated relationships between positive affectivity and job search intensity and between job search self-efficacy and job search intensity. Negative affectivity, however, did not predict job search clarity. Job search clarity predicted job search intensity, which led to interviews, offers, and employment. The results suggest that job seekers high in positive affectivity find a job because they achieve job search clarity and, in turn, look for a job intensely. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10