Proactive personality and the successful job search: a field investigation with college graduates |
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Authors: | Brown Douglas J Cober Richard T Kane Kevin Levy Paul E Shalhoop Jarrett |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. djbrown@watarts.uwaterloo.ca |
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Abstract: | The current article tests a model of proactive personality and job search success with a sample of 180 graduating college students. Using structural equation modeling, the authors tested a theoretical model that specified the relations among proactive personality, job search self-efficacy, job search behaviors, job search effort, and job search outcomes. Job seekers were surveyed at 2 separate points in time, once 3-4 months prior to graduation and once 2-3 months following graduation. The results suggest that proactive personality (a) significantly influenced the success of college graduates' job search, (b) was partially mediated through job search self-efficacy and job search behavior, and (c) was independent of self-esteem and conscientiousness. The findings are discussed in terms of their general implications for understanding the nature of the process through which distal personality factors, such as proactive personality, affect the nature and success of an individual's job search. |
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