How experienced autonomy can improve job seekers' motivation,job search,and chance of finding reemployment |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Justus Liebig University, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10F, 35394 Giessen, Germany;1. University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany;2. Humboldt University Berlin, Germany;1. Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands;2. Department of Experimental & Work Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands;1. University of Coimbra, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Rua do Colégio Novo, 3000-115 Coimbra, Portugal;2. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Department of Developmental Psychology, Am Steiger 3/1, D-07743 Jena, Germany;3. Korea University, Department of Education, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea;4. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 119 Health and Human Development Bldg. University Park, PA 16802, United States;1. Center for Applied Developmental Science (CADS), University of Jena, Germany;2. University of Zurich, Switzerland;3. GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany;1. Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Quartier UNIL-Mouline, Bâtiment Géopolis, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;2. Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland;3. Department of Management, University of Florida, PO Box 117165, Gainesville, FL 32611-7165, USA |
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| Abstract: | Job seekers can have different motivations to search for jobs. Some search to find a better job, others because reemployment guidance stimulates them to do so. Understanding how reemployment guidance impacts these different types of job search motivation, and how these types of motivation impact job search behavior, is important in fully comprehending the reemployment process. This study examined how experienced autonomy during reemployment guidance relates to job seekers' types of motivation, how these types of motivation relate to high-quality job search behavior and, in turn, how high-quality job search behavior predicts finding reemployment. In a three-wave field study (nT1 = 440; nT2,T3 = 172), we assessed unemployed people's need for autonomy, experienced autonomy, job search motivation, and job search behavior quantity and quality. Unemployed participants were surveyed at the start of reemployment guidance (T1) and six weeks thereafter (T2). Their reemployment status was assessed six months later (T3). Results showed that experiencing more autonomy was directly associated with autonomous job search motivation and indirectly associated with high-quality job search behaviors and a higher chance of finding reemployment, regardless of job seekers' individual need for autonomy. Additionally, experiencing less autonomy was directly associated with amotivation, and indirectly associated with low-quality job search behaviors and a lower chance of finding reemployment. The implications of our findings for the reemployment process and for reemployment guidance are discussed. |
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