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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
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), per...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10033287/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37359661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04439-x |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-100332872023-03-23 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, Emmanuel Chan, Darius K-S. Curr Psychol Article 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. Springer US 2023-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10033287/ /pubmed/37359661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04439-x Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Affum-Osei, Emmanuel Chan, Darius K-S. Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control |
title | Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control |
title_full | Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control |
title_fullStr | Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control |
title_full_unstemmed | Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control |
title_short | Job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control |
title_sort | job search in a difficult labour market: linking goal orientation to job search strategies and outcomes with the moderating role of self-control |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10033287/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37359661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04439-x |
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