Job-search persistence during unemployment: A 10-wave longitudinal study.

Abstract

Dynamic predictors of job-search intensity over time are examined in a large 10-wave longitudinal study of unemployed individuals. Two sets of variables relevant to the examination of job search from a dynamic, self-regulatory perspective--core self-evaluations (T. A. Judge, A. Erez, & J. E. Bono, 1998) and the theory of planned behavior (I. Ajzen, 1991)--were used to guide our examination. Results suggest core self-evaluation is related to average levels of job-search intensity over time. Job-search intentions mediated the relationship between subjective norms and job-search self-efficacy in the prediction of job-search intensity in the following 2 weeks. Both Time 1 and cumulative job-search intensity predict reemployment. This repeated-measures study contributes to research on job search that has been primarily cross-sectional or included few time waves.

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

“…Third, for career consciousness orientations, the belief in the idea of a perfect vocation was positively related and passivity was negatively related to job search intention and perceived progress, while inclination toward personal interests was positively related to job search intention. Finally, there was a significant positive correlation between job search intention and perceived progress, which is consistent with the finding of a recent longitudinal study (Wanberg et al, 2005).…”

“…In a recent longitudinal study, job seeking intention and perceived progress are part of a progression leading to employment that has been found to be consistently related (Wanberg, Glomb, Song, & Sorenson, 2005). However, at any given time, an individual is at only one point on this continuum, and the time course cannot be predicted.…”

Job Search and (Re)employment: Taking the Time-varying Nature of Job-search Intensity into Consideration

“…Studies that relate multiple collections of data on job-search intensity and employment status would represent a stronger test of their relationship. The only research that partially resolved the above mentioned difficulties was conducted by Wanberg et al (2005). In a longitudinal study with 10 measurements within a 20-week period, they examined job search motivation, job-search intensity, and their relationship with speed and probability of (re)employment.…”

Employment and Human Capital Investment Intentions Among Recent Refugees in Germany

“…A branch of the job search literature pioneered by Ajzen (1985) and recently carried forward by van Hooft et al (2005) and Wanberg et al (2005) states that an individual's behaviour depends directly on that individual's intentions of performing this behaviour. In turn, an individual's intentions are formed by two factors, subjective norms and attitudes towards the behaviour.…”