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Seeking Reemployment in Nonmetropolitan America
Author(s) -
Budnick Christopher J.,
Santuzzi Alecia M.
Publication year - 2013
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.2161-1920.2013.00033.x
Subject(s) - seekers , unemployment , psychology , perception , affect (linguistics) , demographic economics , economic growth , political science , economics , law , communication , neuroscience
Unemployment is particularly pervasive in nonmetropolitan communities with few employment opportunities. The authors examined how unemployed nonmetropolitan adults’ daily affective experiences influenced same‐day and next‐day job search times. Positive affect and high reemployment beliefs were related to higher same‐day, but not next‐day, job search times. Next‐day job search times were higher when job seekers reported high effort and perceived progress on the previous day. Lower job search times occurred after days of low effort with high progress perceptions or if high effort was paired with low progress. Theoretical implications, limitations, and practical applications are discussed.