Assessing the Role of Job-Search Self-Efficacy in the Relationship between Esteem Support and Job-Search Behavior among Two Populations of Job Seekers

Two studies are reported that test a model in which job-search self-efficacy mediates the relationship between received esteem support and job-search behavior. Esteem support refers to messages intended to enhance how recipients feel about themselves and their attributes, abilities, and/or accomplis...

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Published inCommunication studies Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 277 - 300
Main Authors Holmstrom, Amanda J., Russell, Jessica C., Clare, David D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West Lafayette Routledge 27.05.2015
Central States Speech Association
Subjects
Displaced workers
Employment
Job hunting
Job Loss
Polls & surveys
Self esteem
Self evaluation
Social Support
Underemployment
Unemployment
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Summary:Two studies are reported that test a model in which job-search self-efficacy mediates the relationship between received esteem support and job-search behavior. Esteem support refers to messages intended to enhance how recipients feel about themselves and their attributes, abilities, and/or accomplishments. New-entrant job seekers (N = 208, Study 1), as well as unemployed, underemployed, and/or displaced workers (N = 254, Study 2) completed a survey assessing their reception of esteem support messages, job-search self-efficacy, and job-search behavior. Both studies revealed that job-search self-efficacy mediated the relationship between esteem support and job-search behavior, but the effects were more pronounced among new-entrant job seekers.
ISSN:1051-0974
1745-1035
DOI:10.1080/10510974.2014.991043