The development and validation of an updated job search behavior scale

Stevenor, Brent A.; Zickar, Michael J.

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103722

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“…Participants of the survey recorded the quantity of job interviews attended and job offers obtained within the six-month period of job-hunting. These assessment procedures were consisted with prior research (Stevenor & Zickar, 2022 ).…”

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Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control

Affum-Osei

Chan

2023

Curr Psychol

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This study addresses how goal orientation relates to different job search strategies to increase the chance of finding employment and quality jobs. We integrate the goal orientation theory with self-control to examine how the orientation of goals (i.e., performance-prove goal orientation (PPGO), performance-avoid goal orientation (PAGO) and learning goal orientation (LGO)) are associated with job search strategies (i.e., Focused Job Search Strategy- FJSS, Exploratory Job Search Strategy-EJSS, and Haphazard Job Search Strategy-HJSS) and how self-control moderates the process. In a three-wave study ( n T1 = 859; n T2 = 720; n T3 = 418), the hypotheses were tested using unemployed job seekers in Ghana. The results from the structural equation model show that learning goal oriented job seekers were inclined to search more focused and exploratory but engaged in less haphazard search. While PPGO facilitated EJSS, job seekers with PAGO searched more haphazardly but their search behaviour was less focused and exploratory. In addition, EJSS contributed to attending more job interviews, but HJSS decreased the chance of obtaining job interviews. Also, the interviews attended were associated with job offered, which in turn led to obtaining employment. Both FJSS and EJSS were related to employment quality but HJSS decreased employment quality. Interestingly, individual differences in self-control were found to moderate the relation between goal orientation and job search strategy. The use of EJSS was found to be more beneficial in difficult labour markets.

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Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control

Affum-Osei

Chan

2023

Curr Psychol

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“…Further, it is not unusual to adjust outdated item phrasing in ways that enhance the clarity of items without affecting the measure’s established reliability. See Stevenor and Zickar (2022) for examples and further discussion.…”

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“…Further, it is not unusual to adjust outdated item phrasing in ways that enhance the clarity of items without affecting the measure's established reliability. SeeStevenor and Zickar (2022) for examples and further discussion.4 One item on the SRS originally had only three response options. We added a fourth response option to ensure that any differences in variance were not due to scoring differences.4 DAVIS, PAPP, BAKER, AND MCCLELLAND…”

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The Symbolic Racism Scale and the Modern Sexism Scale: Testing measurement invariance in diverse samples.

Davis,

Papp,

Baker

et al. 2023

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives: The present study examined the measurement invariance of the Symbolic Racism Scale (SRS) and the Modern Sexism Scale (MSS) across racial/ethnic and gender groups. Previous psychometric evaluations of the SRS and MSS scores have not examined the equivalence across racial/ethnic and gender groups or have been otherwise statistically inadequate. Therefore, this study sought to fill this gap. Method: To establish measurement equivalence across racial/ethnic (Black, Latinx, and white) and gender (women and men) groups, we conducted a measurement invariance analysis of the SRS and the MSS in a large, diverse sample (N = 719). Results: We found that the SRS and MSS were invariant across gender, and the SRS was invariant across racial/ethnic groups. However, the MSS was noninvariant across racial/ethnic groups. Partial invariance testing revealed nonequivalent factor loadings between Black and Latinx participants compared to white participants on an item of the MSS that referenced "unwarranted" attention that women receive from the government and media. Conclusions: Researchers should consider reevaluating the item that reads: "Over the past few years, the government and news media have been showing more concern about the treatment of women than is warranted by women's actual experiences." Future research is needed to assess how the item is interpreted by Black and Latinx people so it can be modified for use in these communities. Our findings underscore the importance of assessing the validity of the scores in commonly used scales across diverse groups. Public Significance StatementThe Symbolic Racism Scale (SRS) and the Modern Sexism Scale (MSS) are measures used to assess covert prejudice toward Black people and women, respectively. These scales have been used to understand groups' attitudes toward social movements, social issues, and political candidates and have previously been found to predict attitudes toward race-and gender-related policies. However, to compare group scores on psychological measures, researchers must know if the measured construct has the same structure or meaning across groups. We examined this question in the SRS and MSS by assessing the invariance of these measures across diverse gender and racial/ethnic groups. Measurement invariance indicates that the same construct was measured in each group, while noninvariance suggests that there may be measurement error for at least one of the groups we examined. We found that the MSS is noninvariant between racial/ethnic groups; specifically, an item regarding special favors for women may not be a reliable indicator of modern sexist beliefs among Black and Latinx individuals. Our findings highlight the need for more work on how modern sexism manifests within diverse communities.

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The development and validation of an updated job search behavior scale

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Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control

Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control

The Symbolic Racism Scale and the Modern Sexism Scale: Testing measurement invariance in diverse samples.

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