A longitudinal study of the determinants and outcomes of career change

Carless, Sally A.; Arnup, Jessica Louise

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.002

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“…We interpret the results as showing that unemployed and part-time employed participants had negative perceptions toward the present and future because of their current unstable status, which motivated job change to achieve a more stable status. This is consistent with the previous research (Carless & Arnup, 2011;Ciairano et al, 2009; Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, JILPT, 2012;Sverke & Hellgren, 2002;Vansteenkiste et al, 2004). These findings supported our hypothesis, which maintains that positive perceptions collaboratively act with negative perceptions toward the future and the presence of unstable job status to predict job search behavior among part-time employed and unemployed individuals, although negative perception of the past was not a significant influence.…”

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“…However, Ciairano, Menna, Molinar, and Sestito (2009) found a positive relationship between stress regarding the future and active coping mechanisms. Carless and Arnup (2011) also highlighted that job insecurity tends to predict career change. Dissatisfaction with a current occupation may lead to withdrawal of energy from maintaining it, therefore, increasing motivation to search for a new job (Sverke & Hellgren, 2002;Vansteenkiste, Lens, Dewitte, De Witte, & Deci, 2004).…”

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“…They are also more likely to have increased freedom in career decision making and in creating their own career paths (Kanfer et al, 2001). Regarding gender, males are more likely to change their jobs than females (Carless & Arnup, 2011). Japanese employment practices tend to be age-based (OECD, 2008), which may influence an individual's job search.…”

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Job search motivation of part-time or unemployed Japanese college graduates

Shirai

Shimomura

Kawasaki

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Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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We clarify how individuals actively interact with socio-cultural contexts to attain regular employment in Japan. Based on a large sample (N = 3,512) of parttime employed and unemployed college graduates (23-39 years old), we found that: Career decision making self-efficacy predicted job search; a lack of both hope and fulfillment motivated job search, while having hope promoted it; wishing for perfect vocation and being free from both inclination towards personal interests and passivity motivated job search. Clients' desire for ''a perfect vocation,'' should not necessarily be considered as a career barrier but, perhaps, rather as an asset for motivating job search. Counselors should seek to better understand the influence of clients' socio-cultural contexts on their career attitudes. Résumé. La motivation à la recherche d'emploi de diplômés japonais à temps partiel ou au chômage. Nous clarifions la façon dont les individus interagissent activement avec les contextes socioculturels pour atteindre un emploi régulier au Japon. Sur la base d'un échantillon de grande taille (N = 3,512) composé de diplômés en situation d'emploi à temps partiel ou au chômage (âgés de 23 à 39 ans), nous avons constaté que: le sentiment d'auto-efficacité lié à la carrière prédit la recherche d'emploi; le manque à la fois d'espoir et d'accomplissement motive la recherche d'emploi, tout en voyant l'espoir renforcé; souhaiter une vocation parfaite et être exempt de propension à la fois vers des intérêts personnels et la passivité motive la recherche d'emploi. Le désir des clients pour « une vocation parfaite », ne doit pas nécessairement être considéré comme un obstacle, mais peut-être plutôt comme un atout pour motiver la recherche d'emploi. Les conseillers devraient chercher à mieux comprendre l'influence des contextes socioculturels de leurs clients sur leurs attitudes de carrière.

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Job search motivation of part-time or unemployed Japanese college graduates

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“…Openness to experience and extraversion have been found to relate positively to career change and to improved job security as well as job satisfaction (Carless and Arnup, 2011).…”

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The impact of within country heterogeneity in vocational specificity on initial job matches and job status

Vogtenhuber

2014

Journal of Vocational Behavior

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This paper analyses the impact of vocational specificity on school-to-work transitions in terms of initial job mismatches and socioeconomic status at the individual level. Considering heterogeneity amongst the various qualifications in Austria, the study finds that the positive impact of specificity on initial labour market placement known from cross-country research also holds within the highly stratified Austrian system in which various vocational specialisations are provided at the upper secondary level. Independent of the level and field of the qualification obtained, vocational specificity facilitates initial labour market placement, resulting in a reduced mismatch risk and an increase in initial jobs status. In the course of subsequent labour market adjustments, however, holders of general qualifications attain higher status gains when changing jobs. Likewise, the overqualified can make up for a good part of their initial status penalty on labour market entrance through job changes. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.2

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“…Ornstein and Isabella (1993) state that career change occurs less frequently than job change (movement to a similar job or a job that is part of a normal career path (Carless & Arnup, 2011)), and is not well understood. It is complex, incorporating a number of different processes and a range of skills, including research, career exploration, career choice and decision making, the process of job search, self-regulation of emotions, coping with rejection, ability to overcome barriers, self-motivation, goal setting, outcome expectation, agency and control, ability to transfer skills and learn new career language.…”

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Understanding potential career changers’ experience of career confidence following a positive psychology based coaching programme

Archer

Yates

2017

Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Prac

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link AbstractChanges in the labour market over the last decades have led to an increase in the number of career and job changes individuals are likely to face in their working lives. Previous literature indicates that a high level of confidence can help individuals to make career changes. This research involved five participants who took part in a coaching programme prior to changing their careers. The programme consisted of four positive psychology interventions based on a proposal of core confidence as a higher order construct composed of self-efficacy, hope, optimism and resilience. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis showed that participants perceived their career confidence before the programme as low, incorporating negative affect and self-doubt. After the programme participants demonstrated increased career engagement, self-awareness and a positive and optimistic outlook. The analysis revealed that change was effected through the development of hope, change in cognitive processes and coaching as a catalyst. Implications for the definition of career confidence, and for positive psychology and career coaching practice are considered.Key words: career confidence; career change; self-efficacy; hope; optimism; resilience. Practice PointsThis article is aimed at coaches who work with clients who are considering making changes within their careers.The article puts forward a four stage approach to coaching drawn from positive psychology and explicitly aimed at increasing clients' career confidence. The qualitative analysis of the data indicates that the coaching approach has a considerable impact on clients' levels of self-efficacy, hope, optimism and resilience. The findings also explore the construct of career confidence and provide an in depth understanding of the participants' experience of career confidence.The paper provides support for the use of positive psychology interventions in a career coaching context providing: a model for practice  a contribution to our understanding of the construct of career confidence  some evidence of a coaching model which leads to enhance client confidence and motivation 3

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A longitudinal study of the determinants and outcomes of career change

Cited by 120 publications

References 45 publications

Job search motivation of part-time or unemployed Japanese college graduates

Job search motivation of part-time or unemployed Japanese college graduates

The impact of within country heterogeneity in vocational specificity on initial job matches and job status

Understanding potential career changers’ experience of career confidence following a positive psychology based coaching programme

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