Predictors and outcomes of Vietnamese university graduates’ networking behavior as job seekers

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Shang-Ping Lin ◽  
Son-Tung Le
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Job Interview ◽  
Networking Behavior ◽  
The Individual

Although networking is considered a positive job search behavior, scholars have paid little attention to the role of networking in an individual’s job search outcomes. In this research we used structural equation modeling to test empirically the relationship between networking behavior and job search outcomes with a sample of 773 Vietnamese university graduates. We also integrated individual difference theory and social network theory to investigate the predictors of networking behavior that indirectly influence employment outcomes. Results show that networking behavior had a positive effect on a job seeker’s chances of obtaining a job interview and receiving a job offer. In addition, the individual differences of personality traits, jobsearch clarity, and networking comfort, as well as network size and tie strength in the structure of the network, were significant antecedents of job seekers’ networking behavior. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Flexible working and applicant attraction: a person–job fit approach

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Stich
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Applicant Attraction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Job Advertisements ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe ability to work anytime from anywhere is attractive to job seekers, who respond by developing needs regarding flexible working. Flexibility needs are compared to the flexibility perceived in job advertisements to form an overall perception of flexibility fit. The purpose of this paper is to examine both the impact of flexibility fit (on applicant attraction) and its antecedents.Design/methodology/approachThe impact of flexibility fit on applicant attraction and its antecedents are examined using person–job (PJ) fit theory. 92 job seekers analyzed a total of 391 job advertisements. The hypotheses are tested using multilevel structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results show that perceived flexibility fit is positively related to job pursuit and job acceptance intentions. They further show that perceived flexibility fit is driven by perceived job advertisements' flexibility exceeding applicants' needed flexibility, which in turn is driven by the flexibility actually present in job advertisements exceeding applicants' flexibility needs.Originality/valueThis study contributes to literature on new ways of working by highlighting the desirable nature of flexibility and its impact on fit perceptions. It further contributes to literature on job search and PJ fit by investigating a full model of fit, examining both outcomes and antecedents of perceived fit. For practitioners, this study highlights the importance of advertising flexibility to attract applicants.

Role of Normative Commitment in Predicting Members' Participation in the Union

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1183-1207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Pisnar-Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Labor Union ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Collective Bargaining Agreement ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
The Individual

This study examined commitment to a labor union as a two-dimensional construct consisting of Normative Commitment and Instrumental Attachment. Historically commitment to a labor organization has been viewed as an instrumental construct referring to union members who become attached to the union because of economic and extrinsic benefits gained from the collective bargaining agreement. Normative Commitment represents the individual association with the organization based upon a belief in and agreement with its values, ideals, and goals. A sample of 173 unionized firefighters was used to evaluate a model of commitment to a union in which the two dimensions of Normative Commitment and Instrumental Attachment are assumed to be intervening constructs with six antecedent factors, i.e., Family History, Work Beliefs, Union Socialization, Employment Alternatives, Union Benefits, and Satisfaction with the Grievance System, and two behavioral outcomes of Participation of union members in routine union activities, i.e., holding office, serving on a committee, and Extrarole Behavior such as volunteering for union, political, or community activities. Structural equation modeling indicated that Normative Commitment to the union is a significant predictor of members' Participation and Extrarole Behavior.

Are job seekers predisposed to job search strategies?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zia Ul Islam ◽  
Qingxiong (Derek) Weng ◽  
Zulqurnain Ali ◽  
Usman Ghani ◽  
Ataullah Kiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Offers

PurposeThis study examines the associations among specific personality traits, job search strategies (JSSs) and job search outcomes.Design/methodology/approachTime-lagged data (three-waves) were collected from 528 Chinese graduating students. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThe results revealed a positive association between conscientiousness and both a focused job search strategy (FJSS) and an exploratory job search strategy (EJSS). Neuroticism was positively related to a haphazard job search strategy (HJSS), but negatively associated with both a FJSS and an EJSS. Moreover, FJSS and EJSS were positively related to both the number of job offers (NJOs) and the number of satisfied job offers (NSJOs). However, compared with FJSS, EJSS explained more variance in NJOs but less in NSJOs. Additional analysis showed a significant positive association between conscientiousness and job search intensity (JSI), but no significant relationship between neuroticism and JSI. JSI had significant associations with both NJOs and NSJOs. Further, FJSS and EJSS mediated the association between focal personality traits and both NJOs and NSJOs. Additionally, JSI also mediated the association between conscientiousness and both NJOs and NSJOs.Originality/valuePrevious research has confirmed that JSSs (Stevens and Turban, 2001) are consequential for important job search outcomes. However, whether fresh job seekers are predisposed to the use of JSSs is yet to be explored. This study adds to the job search literature by filling this void.

Core self-evaluations, job search behaviour and health complaints

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Vîrga ◽  
Andrei Rusu
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Core Self

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role played by core self-evaluations (CSEs) in relationship to both job seekers’ job search behaviour and health complaints by examining the mediating role of job search self-efficacy (JSSE). Design/methodology/approach The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 216 Romanian unemployed persons. The hypothetical and alternative models (partial and full mediation) were tested using structural equation modeling. Findings The results supported a total mediation between CSE and job search behaviour and a partial one in relationship with health complaints, via JSSE. As a post hoc decision, a brief meta-analysis was conducted for the relationship between CSE and job search behaviour which revealed a very small effect (r=0.07, p=0.001). This result complemented and certified the findings on the lack of a total and also a direct effect between CSE and job search behaviour. Originality/value JSSE seems to be an important motivational factor. Fuelled by CSE, JSSE enables proper job search behaviour and also promotes job seekers’ health. From a practical point of view, the data suggest that developing interventions to strengthen unemployed individuals’ personal resources such as CSE and, especially JSSE, could not only foster their employment but could also protect their health.

scholarly journals Moderators of Career Calling and Job-Search Behaviors among Unemployed Individuals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Dalla Rosa ◽  
Michelangelo Vianello ◽  
Elisa Maria Galliani ◽  
Ryan D. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
Search Behaviors ◽  
Job Search Intensity

We examined the relationship between calling, job-search clarity, and job-search intensity in a cross-sectional study of Italian unemployed job seekers (N = 315). Structural equation modeling with observed variables and latent moderated structural equation models were adopted to test whether optimism, self-esteem, and perseverance moderate the relation between calling, job-search clarity and job-search intensity. Perceiving a calling was positively related with job-search clarity and intensity and these relations were stronger in individuals with lower levels of optimism, self-esteem, and perseverance. This study suggests that perceiving a calling is an important personal resource that is related to a clearer job-search goal, more intense job-search activities and can support job seekers in personal adverse condition. These results suggest integrating job-search behaviors in the Work as Calling Theory and that incorporating the construct of calling into career counselors’ practices may increase the efficacy of job-search activities.

The role of buyer-seller guanxi facets and positions in social commerce: an analysis of the buyer's perspective in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Kuei Wu ◽  
Hsiao-Chung Wu ◽  
Chih-Sung Lai
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
The Individual

PurposeThis study aims to explore how a buyer's perceived buyer-seller (B-S) guanxi facets (i.e. ganqing, renqing and mianzi) and guanxi positions (i.e. zi-ji-ren, shou-ren and sheng-ren) affect the seller's influence effectiveness (SIE) and purchase intention (PI) in social commerce.Design/methodology/approachThis study conducted an online survey in three cities of Taiwan and collected a total of 364 data. The structural equation modeling and cluster analysis were used to test research hypotheses.FindingsThe results indicate that (1) each guanxi facet exerts a different and positive impact on SIE, but only one guanxi facet – renqing – helps improve PI, (2) guanxi facets can be used to predict the buyer's perceived guanxi position toward the seller, (3) the effect of guanxi facets on SIE and PI varies across B-S guanxi positions and (4) the SIE positively mediates effects of guanxi facets on the PI.Originality/valueThis study demonstrates the individual effect of each guanxi facet on SIE and PI and affirms the implicit guanxi position features guanxi facets and determines the buyer's perceived SIE and PI as well. To the best of our knowledge, these findings are rarely proposed in previous research and are beneficial for understanding the guanxi mechanism in social commerce.

Employment Perceptions of Parolees: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Criminal Thinking

2020 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2092802
Author(s):  
Femina P. Varghese ◽  
Sydney Skaggs ◽  
Christina Christie ◽  
Daniel Mark ◽  
Taren Swindle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Criminal Thinking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Direct

This study explored offenders’ perception of their barriers to employment and investigated the role of criminal attitudes in parolees recently released from prison. An analysis of open-ended responses from offenders indicated that they perceived having a criminal record as the largest barrier to employment. Structural equation modeling, utilizing a cross-sectional design, indicated moderate support for a model of criminal thinking as a predictor of perceived barriers and of self-efficacy. Survey results also found that criminal attitudes have a positive direct relationship with perception of barriers in work and education, with perception of barriers increasing as criminal thinking increases. Furthermore, criminal thinking has a negative direct relationship with job search self-efficacy, with job search self-efficacy decreasing as criminal thinking increases. Criminal thinking also had an indirect relationship with career aspirations through job search self-efficacy. Findings have implications for vocational programming for parolees.

scholarly journals Exploring the Antecedents of Cruisers’ Destination Loyalty: Cognitive Destination Image and Cruisers’ Satisfaction

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1218
Author(s):  
María Dolores Benítez-Márquez ◽  
Guillermo Bermúdez-González ◽  
Eva María Sánchez-Teba ◽  
Elena Cruz-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City

This study is one of the few of its kind that explores the individual impact of each of the cognitive attributes of a tourist destination’s image on cruisers’ destination loyalty and overall satisfaction. It also analyzes the mediating role of satisfaction between each of the attributes and loyalty. Variance-based structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for this analysis, based on a survey of 457 cruisers visiting the city of Malaga. The results confirm that three of the five attributes, the destination’s environment image, the perceived value image of services and the accessibility image have a direct influence on cruisers’ overall satisfaction, where environment image has the most significant impact. Moreover, the results support the mediating role of satisfaction in certain cases. There is total mediation between perceived value and loyalty, as well as between accessibility image and loyalty while there is only partial complementary mediation between environment image and loyalty. The confirmation that overall satisfaction influences loyalty enables management organizations to develop more efficient loyalty strategies for their respective destinations.

Clarifying the Relationship Between Public Service Motivation and In-Role and Extra-Role Behaviors: The Relative Contributions of Person-Job and Person-Organization Fit

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 699-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Mari van Loon ◽  
Wouter Vandenabeele ◽  
Peter Leisink
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Role Behavior ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Person Organization Fit ◽  
The Relationship

A core proposition of public service motivation (PSM) theory is that PSM is positively related to individual performance. Some studies, however, suggest that this relationship is mediated by person-job or person-organization fit. This study aims to further clarify the relationship between PSM and performance by, first, studying the mediation role of both person-job and person-organization fits and, second, by investigating this mediation for both in-role and extra-role behavior. Whereas in-role behavior is aimed at the individual task, extra-role is aimed at helping colleagues. This difference may matter for the role of PSM and fit. To this end, we conducted structural equation modeling with bootstrapping on self-reported survey data from public employees ( n = 1,031). The analysis showed that person-job, but not person-organization fit, fully mediated the relationship between PSM and in-role behavior. The relationship with extra-role behavior was not mediated. The PSM-performance relationship may thus be more complex than previously envisioned, as both type of performance and person-job fit matter.

scholarly journals Towards Sustainable Corporate Attraction: The Mediating and Moderating Mechanism of Person–Organization Fit

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11998
Author(s):  
Md Sohel Chowdhury ◽  
Jeonghun Yun ◽  
Dae-seok Kang
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
The Right ◽  
Person Organization Fit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

With the burgeoning “war for talent”, attracting the right workforce has become a major key checkpoint for a firm’s sustainability. The main purpose of this study was to predict prospective employees’ organizational attraction by integrating person–organization (P–O) fit perceptions and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) into a single framework. Although many studies have reported inconsistent results for the impact of subjective norms and self-efficacy on intention in the TPB framework, adequate empirical research on applicant attraction for this theoretical phenomenon is still unavailable. This may be the first study that examined the mechanism of how and when the TPB model becomes more instrumental with subjective P–O fit perceptions. With a sample of 335 young job seekers in Bangladesh, the study examined the research hypotheses related to the TPB and P–O fit using path analysis with AMOS, a structural equation modeling (SEM) program. The results showed that P–O fit partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and job search intentions. Observably, P–O fit significantly moderated the relationship between subjective norms and job search intentions in such a way that the impact of subjective norms was stronger for individuals with a lower level of P–O fit but slightly weaker for those with a higher level of P–O fit. In line with the research findings, some notable theoretical contributions and practical implications for HR professionals have been discussed.

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