TY - JOUR
T1 - Change in Job Search Behaviors and Employment Outcomes
AU - Saks, Alan M.
AU - Ashforth, Blake
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a research grant from the Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’aide à la Recherche (94-NC-0894), Province of Quebec, Canada. An earlier version of this article was presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, Texas, 1998.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This study examined the change in job-search behaviors and employment outcomes of 121 recent university graduates who had not found employment in their final term prior to graduation. Participants completed a questionnaire prior to graduation and again 4 months later. The results of repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that job seekers increased their active job search behavior, formal job-source usage, and search intensity and decreased their job-search anxiety. Although self-esteem and job-search self-efficacy were related to job-search behaviors and outcomes, they did not moderate the change in job seekers' search behavior. As well, change in job-search behavior was related to the number of job interviews and employment status, and the relation between change in job-search behavior and employment status was mediated by the number of job offers received.
AB - This study examined the change in job-search behaviors and employment outcomes of 121 recent university graduates who had not found employment in their final term prior to graduation. Participants completed a questionnaire prior to graduation and again 4 months later. The results of repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that job seekers increased their active job search behavior, formal job-source usage, and search intensity and decreased their job-search anxiety. Although self-esteem and job-search self-efficacy were related to job-search behaviors and outcomes, they did not moderate the change in job seekers' search behavior. As well, change in job-search behavior was related to the number of job interviews and employment status, and the relation between change in job-search behavior and employment status was mediated by the number of job offers received.
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U2 - 10.1006/jvbe.1999.1714
DO - 10.1006/jvbe.1999.1714
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001027854
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 56
SP - 277
EP - 287
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 2
M1 - 91714
ER -