Job-Search Persistence During Unemployment: A 10-Wave Longitudinal Study. |
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Authors: | Wanberg, Connie R. Glomb, Theresa M. Song, Zhaoli Sorenson, Sarah |
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Abstract: | Dynamic predictors of job-search intensity over time are examined in a large 10-wave longitudinal study of unemployed individuals. Two sets of variables relevant to the examination of job search from a dynamic, self-regulatory perspective--core self-evaluations (T. A. Judge, A. Erez, & J. E. Bono, 1998) and the theory of planned behavior (I. Ajzen, 1991)--were used to guide our examination. Results suggest core self-evaluation is related to average levels of job-search intensity over time. Job-search intentions mediated the relationship between subjective norms and job-search self-efficacy in the prediction of job-search intensity in the following 2 weeks. Both Time 1 and cumulative job-search intensity predict reemployment. This repeated-measures study contributes to research on job search that has been primarily cross-sectional or included few time waves. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords: | job search persistence unemployment self-evaluation theory of planned behavior reemployment |
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