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Job Search and Social Cognitive Theory: The Role of Career-Relevant Activities
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Zikic, Jelena; Saks, Alan M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
Social cognitive theory was used to explain the relationships between career-relevant activities (environmental and self career exploration, career resources, and training), self-regulatory variables (job search self-efficacy and job search clarity), variables from the Theory of Planned Behavior (job search attitude, subjective norm, job search…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Self Efficacy, Job Search Methods, Intention
Job Search as Goal-Directed Behavior: Objectives and Methods
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Van Hoye, Greet; Saks, Alan M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
This study investigated the relationship between job search objectives (finding a new job/turnover, staying aware of job alternatives, developing a professional network, and obtaining leverage against an employer) and job search methods (looking at job ads, visiting job sites, networking, contacting employment agencies, contacting employers, and…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Job Satisfaction, Job Search Methods, Foreign Countries
Trait Affect and Job Search Outcomes
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Cote, Stephane; Saks, Alan M.; Zikic, Jelena – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
The present study examines the role of trait affect in job search. One hundred and twenty-three university students completed measures of positive and negative affectivity, conscientiousness, job search self-efficacy, job search clarity, and job search intensity during their last year of school while on the job market. At the end of the school…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, College Students, Self Efficacy, Labor Market
Multiple Predictors and Criteria of Job Search Success
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Saks, Alan M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the combined and differential effects of five job search behaviors (informal sources, formal sources, preparatory search intensity, active search intensity, job search effort) on five criteria of job search success (job interviews, job offers, employment status, person-job fit, and person-organization fit)…
Descriptors: Graduates, Employment Level, Self Efficacy, Job Applicants
Effects of Individual Differences and Job Search Behaviors on the Employment Status of Recent University Graduates.
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Saks, Alan M.; Ashforth, Blake E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
The employment status of 384 college graduates was measured at graduation and four months later. Job-search self-efficacy predicted preparatory and active job search and its intensity, as well as employment status at graduation. Preparatory job-search behavior predicted employment status after four months. (SK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Level, Individual Differences, Job Search Methods
Change in Job Search Behaviors and Employment Outcomes.
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Ashforth, Burke K.; Saks, Alan M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000
Job-search behaviors and employment outcomes of 121 recent college graduates were measured at and 4 months after graduation. Job seekers increased active searching and use of formal sources and decreased anxiety. Self-esteem and self-efficacy did not moderate changes in search behavior. Changes were related to number of job interviews and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Graduates, Employment Level