scholarly journals Explaining Job Search Behavior in Unemployed Youngsters Beyond Perceived Employability: The Role of Psychological Capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Magdalena Fernández-Valera ◽  
Mariano Meseguer de Pedro ◽  
Nele De Cuyper ◽  
Mariano García-Izquierdo ◽  
Maria Isabel Soler Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Job Search Behavior

How peers’ updates on social media influence job search

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Anna Sender ◽  
Pawel Korzynski
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Job Behaviors ◽  
Job Search Behavior

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ways in which social media content via social contagion may affect the job behaviors of employed individuals. Specifically, by integrating the unfolding model of voluntary turnover and social comparison theory, this paper explores whether receiving an update about a peer’s career advancement on professional social networking sites (SNSs) increases an individual’s propensity to engage in job search. Design/methodology/approach In this analysis, the authors matched individuals’ survey data (n=125) with information received from a recruiting agency on employees’ subsequent job search behavior (i.e., sending a resume to the agency). Findings The results indicate that the relationship between career advancement updates on SNSs and job search behavior was stronger for employees with higher perceived employability and, contrary to our hypothesis, for those more embedded within the organization. Practical implications More employable and more embedded individuals perceive social cues from social media, and these cues positively relate to their job search behaviors. To address this trend, organizations could develop a social media strategy and implement retention measures to prevent the job search (and thus potential turnover) of employable and embedded individuals. Originality/value This research contributes to the job search literature by examining the role of professional SNSs in driving job search behavior among employed individuals.

Responses to job demands: moderating role of worker cooperatives

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhokeun Park
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Search Behavior ◽  
Worker Cooperatives ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of organizational commitment in the relationship between job demands and job search behavior. The study also explores the moderating role of worker cooperatives in the relationship between job demands and organizational commitment. There is little extant research on the relationships of job demands with employee behaviors, and the roles of worker cooperatives in those relationships. Design/methodology/approach Using the multi-level moderated mediation model, this study analyzed surveys conducted in capitalist firms and worker cooperatives in the metropolitan area of Seoul in 2016. Findings This study provided evidence that organizational commitment mediated the relationship between job demands and job search behavior in the total sample. The findings revealed that worker cooperatives moderated the relationship between job demands and organizational commitment. In other words, while the negative relationship between job demands and organizational commitment was significant in capitalist firms, it was not maintained in worker cooperatives. Research limitations/implications This study provides implications on how job demands are related to job search behavior, and how worker cooperatives may alleviate the adverse effects of job demands on employee attitudes and behaviors. A potential limitation of the present study is that individual-level variables were measured by self-reports. Originality/value While previous studies on the JDR model have examined the interaction between job demands and individual levels of resources, the current study investigated the interaction between job demands and organizational levels of resources.

The toll of perceived injustice on job search self-efficacy and behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Taggar ◽  
Lisa K. J. Kuron
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
Perceived Injustice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Search Behavior

Purpose – Individuals normally make fairness judgements when experiencing negative outcomes on an important task, such as finding employment. Fairness is an affect-laden subjective experience. Perceptions of injustice can cause resource depletion in unemployed job seekers, potentially leading to reduced self-regulation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of: first, justice perceptions during a job search and their impact on job search self-efficacy (JSSE); second, the mediating role of JSSE between justice perceptions and job search strategies; and third, associations between job search strategies and quantity and quality of job search behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Unemployed individuals (n=254) who were actively searching for a job reported on their past job search experiences with respect to justice, completed measures of JSSE, and reported recent job search behavior. Findings – Results reveal the potentially harmful impact of perceived injustice on job search strategies and the mediating role of JSSE, a self-regulatory construct and an important resource when looking for a job. Specifically, perceived injustice is negatively associated with JSSE. Reduced JSSE is associated with a haphazard job search strategy and less likelihood of exploratory and focussed strategies. A haphazard job search strategy is associated with making fewer job applications and poor decision making. Conversely, perceived justice is associated with higher JSSE and exploratory and focussed job search strategies. These two strategies are generally associated with higher quality job search behavior. Research limitations/implications – There are two major limitations. First, while grounded in social-cognitive theory of self-regulation and conservation of resources (COR) theory, a cross-sectional research design limits determination of causality in the model of JSSE as a central social-cognitive mechanism explaining how justice impacts job search strategies. Second, some results may be conservative because social desirability may have restricted the range of negative responses. Practical implications – This study provides insights to individuals who are supporting job seekers (e.g. career counselors, coaches, employers, and social networks). Specifically, interventions aimed at reducing perceptions of injustice, increasing JSSE, and improving job search strategies and behavior may ameliorate the damaging impact of perceived injustice. Originality/value – This study is the first to examine perceived justice in the job search process using social-cognitive theory of self-regulation and COR theory. Moreover, we provide further validation to a relatively new and under-researched job search strategy typology by linking the strategies to the quantity and quality of job search behaviors.

scholarly journals Job Search Behavior over the Business Cycle

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Mukoyama ◽  
Christina Patterson ◽  
Ayşegül Şahin
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Search Effort ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Job Search Behavior ◽  
Search And Matching Model ◽  
The Business Cycle ◽  
Set Up

We create a novel measure of job search effort exploiting the American Time Use and Current Population Surveys. We examine the cyclicality of search effort using time-series, cross-state, and individual variation and find that it is countercyclical. We then set up a search and matching model with endogenous search effort and show that search effort does not amplify labor market fluctuations but rather dampens them. Lastly, we examine the role of search effort in driving recent unemployment dynamics and show that the unemployment rate would have been 0.5 to 1 percentage points higher in the 2008–2014 period had search effort not increased. (JEL E24, E32, J22, J64)

scholarly journals Employability and job search behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xie Yizhong ◽  
Zhibin Lin ◽  
Yevhen Baranchenko ◽  
Chi Keung Lau ◽  
Andrey Yukhanaev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Job Search Behavior ◽  
Over Time

Purpose Graduate employability is a key concern for many observers particularly at a time when education is increasingly available for the masses. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of graduate perceived employability on job search by integrating theory of planned behavior and to identify how job search self-efficacy, subjective norms, intention and intensity change over time. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a six-wave survey study with a sample of Chinese university graduating students. Findings Results show that perceived employability has a positive and significant effect on job search self-efficacy, attitude, intention and intensity; and that all the repeated measuring variables (except job search attitude) decreased over time. Practical implications The study is useful for educators, employers and prospective students. It prompts discussion of reforms in the curriculum to increase graduate awareness of the complexity of the job search process and existing opportunities. The study could also help to explain how job search behavior changes over time. Originality/value The findings carry implications for both higher education research and the measures of improving graduate employability. The study fills the gap in the literature by integrating employability and the theory of planned behavior into one framework in order to analyze the process of Chinese university graduates’ job search behavior.

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