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Exploring the Emotional Side of Job Search Behavior for Younger Workforce Entrants
Author(s) -
LINNEHAN FRANK,
BLAU GARY
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1998.tb00992.x
Subject(s) - psychology , workforce , sample (material) , social psychology , empirical research , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , economics , economic growth
Using a sample of 332 younger (ages 18–23) workforce entrants broken into subsamples, Study 1 found empirical support for 2 distinct types of job search behavior, detached and interactive. These 2 dimensions seemed to represent different levels of emotional involvement in the job search process. Significant correlates for each dimension of job search behavior were found. Using a separate sample of 117 working college students, Study 2 found that extroverted individuals favored interactive job search behaviors, whereas introverted individuals favored detached job search behaviors. The implications of these results are discussed and future areas of research are identified.