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ERIC Number: EJ737838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jun
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
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Multiple Predictors and Criteria of Job Search Success
Saks, Alan M.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v68 n3 p400-415 Jun 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) as well as the direct and moderating effects of job search self-efficacy. Data based on a sample of 225 recent university graduates found that active job search intensity was positively related to job interviews and offers, and informal job sources was negatively related to job offers and employment status. The results also support an unfolding process of job search success in which active job search intensity predicts job interviews; job interviews predict job offers; and job offers predict employment status. In addition, job search self-efficacy was a significant predictor of interviews, offers, employment status, and PJ fit perceptions, and moderated the relationship between job offers and employment status. The relationship between job offers and employment was stronger for job seekers with low job search self-efficacy. The implications of these results for job search research and practice are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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