THE JOB SEARCH GRIND: PERCEIVED PROGRESS, SELF-REACTIONS, AND SELF-REGULATION OF SEARCH EFFORT

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wanberg, Connie R.; Zhu, Jing; Van Hooft, Edwin A. J.
• 署名单位: University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; University of Amsterdam
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2010.52814599
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 788-807
• 关键词: ACTION-STATE ORIENTATION; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; GOAL ORIENTATION; negative affect; PERSONAL GOALS; performance; unemployment; CONFLICT; efficacy; BEHAVIOR

摘要

Guided by theory and research on self-regulation and goal pursuit, we offer a framework for studying the dynamics of unemployed individuals' job search. A daily survey over three weeks demonstrated vacillation in job seeker affect and, to a lesser extent, reemployment efficacy. Daily perceived job search progress was related to this vacillation. Lower perceived progress on any given day was related to more effort the following day. The study provides insights into the daily dynamics of job search and elucidates the roles of search progress, affect, and three key moderators financial hardship, employment commitment, and action-state orientation in explaining these dynamics.