TY - JOUR
AU - Caska, Barbara A.
AB - The search for employment was examined as coping through engagement in motivated behavior. A model predicting social networking and employer contact behavior was tested with a sample of persons anticipating college graduation. Proposed relations among behavioral antecedents were primarily drawn from Ajzen's (1985) theory of planned behavior, with the addition of cognitively appraised challenge. Structural equations analysis revealed general support for hypothesized relations among attitude, norms, perceived behavioral control, intentions, and behaviors. Cognitively appraised challenge partially mediated the effects of perceived behavioral control on job search intentions. Significant variance in job search attitude was attributed to a valence by outcome expectancy interaction. Findings may be useful in promoting job search efforts, as well as furthering theoretical delineation of the search process.
TI - The Search for Employment: Motivation to Engage in a Coping Behavior
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01702.x
DA - 1998-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-search-for-employment-motivation-to-engage-in-a-coping-behavior-qnCZKUwh3P
SP - 206
VL - 28
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -