Moderators of Career Calling and Job-Search Behaviors Among Unemployed Individuals |
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Authors: | Anna Dalla Rosa Michelangelo Vianello Elisa Maria Galliani Ryan D Duffy |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova;2. Department of Psychology, University of Florida at Gainesville |
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Abstract: | We examined the relationship between calling, job-search clarity, and job-search intensity in a cross-sectional study of Italian unemployed job seekers (N = 315). Structural equation modeling with observed variables and latent moderated structural equation models were adopted to test whether optimism, self-esteem, and perseverance moderate the relation between calling, job-search clarity, and job-search intensity. Perceiving a calling was positively related with job-search clarity and intensity, and these relations were stronger in individuals with lower levels of optimism, self-esteem, and perseverance. This study suggests that perceiving a calling is an important personal resource that is related to a clearer job-search goal and to more intense job-search activities and can support job seekers in personal adverse conditions. These results suggest integrating job-search behaviors in the work-as-calling theory and that incorporating the construct of calling into career counselors' practices may increase the efficacy of job-search activities. |
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Keywords: | calling job search optimism self-esteem perseverance |
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