Effects of Individual Differences and Job Search Behaviors on the Employment Status of Recent University Graduates

1999 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan M. Saks ◽  
Blake E. Ashforth
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Search Behaviors

University Graduates’ Employability, Employment Status, and Job Quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente González-Romá ◽  
Juan Pablo Gamboa ◽  
José M. Peiró
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The University

We investigated whether a set of indicators of the employability dimensions proposed by Fugate, Kinicki, and Asforth (i.e., career identity, personal adaptability, and human and social capital) are related to university graduates’ employment status and five indicators of the quality of their jobs (pay, hierarchical level, vertical and horizontal match, and job satisfaction). We analyzed a representative sample of university graduates ( N = 7,881) from the population of graduates who obtained their degree from the University of Valencia in the period 2006–2010. The results showed that indicators of human and social capital were related to employment status, whereas indicators of human and social capital and career identity were related to distinct job quality indicators. These results support the validity of the conceptual model proposed by Fugate et al. to investigate employability in samples of university graduates.

scholarly journals Linking Mentoring and Job Search Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110672
Author(s):  
Ruirui Lian ◽  
Wenjing Cai ◽  
Kun Chen ◽  
Hongru Shen ◽  
Xiaopei Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Job Search Behavior ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

The present research aims to explore the impact of mentoring relationship on college graduates’ job search behavior among Chinese undergraduate students by examining the mediator of job search intention and the moderator of job search self-efficacy. A two-wave survey study was conducted in China ( N = 594). Our findings show a positive indirect relation between mentoring and college graduates’ job search behaviors through job search intention. The graduates’ job search self-efficacy positively moderated the indirect relationship such that when job search self-efficacy was higher, the influence of mentoring on behavior via job search intention was stronger. These findings extend the literature by clarifying how and when mentoring facilitates graduates’ job search behaviors and provide practical implications for facilitating a smooth school-to-work transition in China. As the first study that empirically clarifies why (through job search intention) and when (job search self-efficacy) mentoring function is positively related to job search behavior among Chinese undergraduate students, the present study contributes to the existing mentoring and job search literature. Future research is encouraged to extend the findings by integrating theory of planned behavior (TPB) with self-regulation theory toward deepening current understanding of how and when mentoring can contribute to a student’s success in job search behavior.

Job-Search Behavior as a Multidimensional Construct: A Review of Different Job-Search Behaviors and Sources

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greet van Hoye
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Job Search Behavior ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Unidimensional Construct ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
Search Quality

Both theoretical models of job search and empirical research findings suggest that job-search behavior is not a unidimensional construct. This chapter addresses the multidimensionality of job-search behavior and provides a systematic review of the different job-search behaviors and sources studied in the job-search literature and their relationships with antecedent variables and employment outcomes. Organized within three major dimensions (effort/intensity, content/direction, and temporal/persistence), job-search effort and intensity, job-search strategies, preparatory and active job-search behaviors, formal and informal job sources, specific job-search behaviors, job-search quality, job-search dynamics, and job-search persistence are discussed. This review strongly suggests that it is essential to consider all the dimensions of job-search behavior for understanding job-search success in both practice and research. This study points to a number of key implications for job seekers and employment counselors as well as crucial directions for future research.

I See My Future!: Linking Mentoring, Future Work Selves, Achievement Orientation to Job Search Behaviors

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484532092657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo-Yang Kao ◽  
Hao-Hsin Hsu ◽  
Altovise Rogers ◽  
Mi-Ting Lin ◽  
Hui-Ting Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Achievement Orientation ◽  
Mentoring Functions ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Psychosocial Mentoring ◽  
Career Research ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship

Mentoring is related to young adults’ career planning. The present study attempts to examine whether the perception of future work selves could be a critical mediating mechanism underlying the relationship between the reception of mentoring functions and job search behaviors. Moreover, we also investigated the moderating role of achievement orientation on this relationship. We tested our hypotheses with a time-lagged research design. Results indicated that psychosocial mentoring was related to future work selves, and future work selves were associated with job search behaviors. Future work selves mediated the relationship between psychosocial mentoring and job search behaviors. Moreover, achievement orientation moderated the direct and indirect effects of psychosocial function on job search behaviors. Specifically, the aforementioned relationships were stronger when achievement orientation was high compared to when achievement orientation was low. Important theoretical and practical implications for mentoring and career research are discussed in the current study.

Antecedents and consequences of job search behaviors

1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D Steffy ◽  
Karyll N Shaw ◽  
Ann Wiggins Noe
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

scholarly journals The Effect of Soft Skills on the Successful Employment of Future Engineers: Self-Evaluation Results

2022 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
L. V. Bondareva ◽  
T. V. Potemkina ◽  
G. S. Saulembekova
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Technological Universities ◽  
Successful Employment ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

The research focuses on “integrating” technological universities’ graduates in the current labor market. In pedagogical practice, it is widely known that university graduates with welldeveloped “soft” skills feel more confident about their future, and they can more easily cope with job search. In order to identify the effect of “soft” skills on the readiness of future engineers to job search, a survey was conducted among 106 students, including programmers, business analysts, IT designers, materials scientists, and nanotechnologists.The authors used the statistical methods to identify the relationship between students’ self-evaluation of “soft” skills and their readiness for job-seeking. We have found that 71.7% of all respondents who determined a high level of proficiency in “soft” skills, only 29.6% are confident that job search should not cause difficulties, 28.8% can see a clear connection between their studies and future profession, and 37% believe that they have motivation for professional fulfillment.The results of the survey based on self-evaluation showed that in spite of having a high score in evaluating their “soft” skills, the respondents express extreme uncertainty that they will be competitive enough outside the university and that will be prepared to apply the skills which are crucial for successful employment.

scholarly journals Moderators of Career Calling and Job‐Search Behaviors Among Unemployed Individuals

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-331
Author(s):  
Anna Dalla Rosa ◽  
Michelangelo Vianello ◽  
Elisa Maria Galliani ◽  
Ryan D. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
Career Calling

Fostering Academic Major Satisfaction, Career Curiosity, and Job Search Behaviors Among Electrical/Electronic Technology Education Undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-508
Author(s):  
Samson Onyeluka Chukwuedo ◽  
Chinyere Theresa Ogbuanya
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Electronic Technology ◽  
Career Training ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
Social Cognitive Career

This study investigates the effect of practical skills-based career training intervention in electrical/electronic works on graduating students’ academic major satisfaction, career curiosity, and self-defeating job search behaviors (SDJSBs). We employed the quasi-experimental design, with a three-wave longitudinal survey. The participants were 101 electrical/electronic technology education undergraduates from two publicly owned universities in Nigeria. Our intervention procedures were guided by the tenets of social cognitive career theory and the theory of planned behavior. The findings revealed significant positive increase in the students’ satisfaction with their academic major, and career curiosity, as well as significant decrease in SDJSBs (viz., procrastination, impulsiveness, and failure to network). We also found mediating effects of learning self-efficacy and perseverance of effort on academic major satisfaction, career curiosity, and SDJSBs.

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