Hope, adaptability, and job-search intensity among individuals living with serious mental illness

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Brian J. Stevenson ◽  
Uma Chandrika Millner ◽  
Sarah A. Satgunam ◽  
Richard Love
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Background Factors ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Primary Relationships ◽  
Job Search Intensity

BACKGROUND: Increased intensity in job-search behavior is associated with important employment outcomes like job attainment. There is evidence that work hope, and career adaptability are important antecedents of higher job-search intensity. However, there is no evidence that these relationships exist among individuals living with serious mental illness. OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to improve our understanding of factors that contribute to job-search intensity among individuals living with serious mental illness. METHODS: Eighty-five individuals living with serious mental illness completed surveys of demographics, work hope, career adaptability, and job-search intensity. Correlational and regression analysis was used to examine the primary relationships in this study. RESULTS: Education level, employment status, and use of vocational rehabilitation services were background factors related to job-search intensity. Controlling for background factors, regression analysis found that work hope positively predicted job-search intensity, and career adaptability negatively predicted job-search intensity. Our model explained 35%of the variance in job-search intensity. Additionally, individuals who were employed had significantly higher career adaptability than individuals who were unemployed. CONCLUSIONS: Work hope and career adaptability are related to important vocational outcomes among individuals living with serious mental illness.

Predictors of Job Search Intensity among College Graduates

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aharon Tziner ◽  
Efrat Vered ◽  
Limor Ophir
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
Job Search Intensity

scholarly journals Does the quality and outcomes framework reduce psychiatric admissions in people with serious mental illness? A regression analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. e007342-e007342 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Gutacker ◽  
A. R. Mason ◽  
T. Kendrick ◽  
M. Goddard ◽  
H. Gravelle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Admissions ◽  
Quality And Outcomes ◽  
Quality And Outcomes Framework

Older job seekers' job search intensity: the interplay of proactive personality, age and occupational future time perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1139-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
HANNES ZACHER
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Job Search Intensity

ABSTRACTLong-term unemployment of older people can have severe consequences for individuals, communities and ultimately economies, and is therefore a serious concern in countries with an ageing population. However, the interplay of chronological age and other individual difference characteristics in predicting older job seekers' job search is so far not well understood. This study investigated relationships among age, proactive personality, occupational future time perspective (FTP) and job search intensity of 182 job seekers between 43 and 77 years in Australia. Results were mostly consistent with expectations based on a combination of socio-emotional selectivity theory and the notion of compensatory psychological resources. Proactive personality was positively related to job search intensity and age was negatively related to job search intensity. Age moderated the relationship between proactive personality and job search intensity, such that the relationship was stronger at higher compared to lower ages. One dimension of occupational FTP (perceived remaining time left in the occupational context) mediated this moderating effect, but not the overall relationship between age and job search intensity. Implications for future research, including the interplay of occupational FTP and proactive personality, and some tentative practical implications are discussed.

Job-Search Intensity and Clarity Measure

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connie R. Wanberg ◽  
Leaetta M. Hough ◽  
Zhaoli Song
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
Job Search Intensity

Antecedents of perceived overqualification: a three-wave study

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Guerrero ◽  
John-Paul Hatala
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
Perceived Overqualification ◽  
Financial Need ◽  
Job Search Intensity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of job search on perceived overqualification by applying the theory of planned behavior and including financial need and openness to experience as moderators. Design/methodology/approach – Three questionnaires were given at weeks 1, 8 and 12 to 436 practice firm participants. A total of 119 completed all three questionnaires. The authors used partial least squares to analyze the data. Findings – Job search self-efficacy was positively related to job search intentions and to outcome expectations. Job search intentions were positively related to job search intensity. Financial need acted as a moderator of the relationship between job search intensity and perceived overqualification such that for those with high-financial need higher levels of job search intensity resulted in higher perceived overqualification. Research limitations/implications – The authors found little support for the theory of planned behavior in the model. The authors found strong support for the role of job search self-efficacy and job search intentions. The use of a three-wave design resulted in a relatively low sample size and the use of the practice firm reduces the generalizability of the findings. Practical implications – The results suggest that increasing job search self-efficacy and job search intentions while managing the anticipations of job seekers is likely to yield better job search outcomes. Originality/value – This study investigates the role of job search on perceived overqualification. Findings suggest that malleable attitudes during job search such as job search self-efficacy, job search intentions, and anticipations are likely to impact perceived overqualification.

scholarly journals Keep the expert! Occupational expertise, perceived employability and job search

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ans De Vos ◽  
Anneleen Forrier ◽  
Beatrice Van der Heijden ◽  
Nele De Cuyper
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Intensity ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Professional Workers ◽  
Job Search Intensity

Purpose In the current war for talent employers are concerned about the idea that the best employees are more likely to leave the organization for another employer (i.e. the management paradox). This study tests this management paradox. The purpose of this paper is to advance our understandings of how employees’ occupational expertise is associated with job search intensity, through its assumed relationships with perceived internal and external employability in the internal and the external labor market. The authors thereby tested the research model across three different age groups (young, middle-aged, and senior employees). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a survey among 2,137 professional workers and applied multi-group structural equation modeling. Findings Perceived internal employability negatively mediated the relationship between occupational expertise and job search intensity, whilst there was a positive mediational effect of perceived external employability. Age had a moderating effect on the association between perceived internal employability and job search intensity. Research limitations/implications The findings contribute to the scholarly literature on the management paradox, and the empirical work on employability and age. Practical implications Organizations can recoup their investments in expert workers’ employability and enhance their retention by providing opportunities for internal career development. Originality/value This study is original by including both internal and external employability. By doing so, the authors thereby shedding new light on how occupational expertise might explain job search and how this relationship differs depending on employee age, thereby using a large sample of respondents.

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