Goal orientation, self-regulation strategies, and job-seeking intensity in unemployed adults.
At Time 1 (T1), the authors surveyed 277 unemployed adults using measures of human capital, goal orientation, self-regulation (emotion control, motivation control, work commitment), and job-seeking intensity. At Time 2 (T2), 4 months later, 155 participants indicated their reemployment outcomes in number of job interviews and number of job offers. Using T1 data, the authors tested the predictors of job-seeking intensity and whether self-regulation mediated between goal orientation and job-seeking intensity. Using T1 and T2 data, they tested for predictors of reemployment outcomes and whether job-seeking intensity mediated the relationship between T1 antecedent variables and the reemployment outcomes. Learning goal orientation and self-regulation predicted job-seeking intensity, and self-regulation mediated between learning goal orientation and job-seeking intensity. Job-seeking intensity did not mediate the relationship among human capital, goal orientation, and self-regulation variables and reemployment outcomes.
Creed
Peter A
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School of Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. p.creed@griffith.edu.au
King
Vivien
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Hood
Michelle
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McKenzie
Robert
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007586:Job Application; D008297:Male; D010560:Personnel Selection; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult