title: Taking the chance: Core self-evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover.
abstract: Core self-evaluations (CSE) might account for relative gains in job resources across time, especially in situations when these individual differences affect behavior that is relevant for development of job resources. This longitudinal study tests CSE as an individual resource that predicts relative gain in job resources and job satisfaction among job beginners who change or stay with their employer. A questionnaire was filled in by 513 adolescents shortly before the end of vocational training and one year later. Our results replicate previous findings suggesting that job satisfaction is affected by CSE directly and indirectly through the perception of job resources. Multi-group structural equation analysis showed that only leavers had a longitudinal indirect effect of CSE on job satisfaction at the end of vocational training via job resources during their first year of employment. Our findings imply that turnover includes opportunities to optimize one's circumstances and that CSE helps to attain resourceful jobs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland ; National Centre of Competence in Research, Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, CISA, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elfering
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Anita C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland ; FHNW School of Applied Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Martial
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berset
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland ; Department of Psychology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Laurenz L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grebner
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kälin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monnerat
authors.affiliation: National Centre of Competence in Research, Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, CISA, Geneva, Switzerland ; Groupe de Psychologie Appliqué, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tschan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland ; National Centre of Competence in Research, Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, CISA, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Norbert K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Semmer
keywords: Core self-evaluations; Job resources; Job satisfaction; Turnover