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SELF‐REPORTED ASSERTIVE JOB‐SEEKING BEHAVIORS OF MINIMALLY EDUCATED JOB HUNTERS
Author(s) -
SCHMIT MARK J.,
AMEL ELISE L.,
RYAN ANN MARIE
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1993.tb00869.x
Subject(s) - psychology , construct (python library) , assertiveness , social psychology , similarity (geometry) , job analysis , job performance , cognition , job hunting , construct validity , predictive validity , job attitude , personnel selection , applied psychology , job satisfaction , developmental psychology , psychometrics , management , public relations , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science , political science , image (mathematics) , programming language , economics
Little research attention has focused on the job‐search behavior of minimally educated workers. The primary objective of the studies reported was to examine the relationship of self‐reported assertive job‐hunting behavior to acquisition of employment among minimally educated workers. The results of three studies provide: (a) construct validity evidence for the Assertive Job‐Hunting Survey (AJHS; Becker, 1980), (b) evidence for construct similarity across minimally educated job seeker and college student populations, (c) evidence of a significant relationship between the AJHS and both subjective and objective job acquisition criteria in postdictive and predictive research designs, and (d) evidence that the AJHS, a measure of a non‐cognitive variable, can make a unique contribution to the prediction of job acquisition beyond cognitive ability measures.