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unemployment, social support, individual resources, and job search behavior
Author(s) -
Ślebarska Katarzyna,
Moser Klaus,
GunneschLuca George
Publication year - 2009
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.2161-1920.2009.tb00079.x
Subject(s) - psychology , mediation , social support , social psychology , unemployment , psychological resilience , job attitude , job performance , job satisfaction , economics , sociology , economic growth , social science
The authors investigated the relation between the social support received by unemployed individuals ( N = 104) and their job search behavior. A moderated mediation model demonstrated that the effect of social support on job search behaviors was mediated by self‐esteem but only if adequacy of social support was perceived as low. In addition, the effect of social support on job search behavior was partially mediated by optimistic expectations and resilience. In sum, social support seems to be a resource with complex and partially surprising effects on job search behavior.