- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Introduction: What to Expect
- Historical Background to Research on Job Loss, Unemployment, and Job Search
- Job Insecurity and Anticipated Job Loss: A Primer and Exploration of Possible Interventions
- Individual Consequences of Job Loss and Unemployment
- Job Loss, Unemployment, and Families
- Unemployment and Its Wider Impact
- Insecurity, Unemployment, and Health: A Social Epidemiological Perspective
- Goal Setting and Control Theory: Implications for Job Search
- Job Loss and Job Search: A Social-Cognitive and Self-Regulation Perspective
- Understanding the Motivational Dynamics Among Unemployed Individuals: Refreshing Insights from the Self-Determination Theory Perspective
- Motivation and Self-Regulation in Job Search: A Theory of Planned Job Search Behavior
- Self-Regulatory Perspectives in the Theory of Planned Job Search Behavior: Deliberate and Automatic Self-Regulation Strategies to Facilitate Job Seeking
- New Economy Careers Demand Adaptive Mental Models and Resources
- Economic Job Search and Decision-Making Models
- Job-Search Behavior as a Multidimensional Construct: A Review of Different Job-Search Behaviors and Sources
- Networking as a Job-Search Behavior and Career Management Strategy
- Contingency Headhunters: What They Do—and What Their Activities Tell Us About Jobs, Careers, and the Labor Market
- Who Is Searching for Whom? Integrating Recruitment and Job Search Research
- Through the Looking Glass: Employment Interviews from the Lens of Job Candidates
- Reemployment Quality, Underemployment, and Career Outcomes
- Job Search and the School-to-Work Transition
- Employed Job Seekers and Job-to-Job Search
- Job-Search Behavior of the Unemployed: A Dynamic Perspective
- Too Old to Tango? Job Loss and Job Search Among Older Workers
- Nontraditional Employment: The Careers of Temporary Workers
- International Job Search
- By Any Other Name: Discrimination in Resume Screening
- The Evaluation of Reemployment Programs: Between Impact Assessment and Theory-Based Approaches
- Job Loss: Outplacement Programs
- Work First Versus Human Capital Development in Employability Programs
- The JOBS Program: Impact on Job Seeker Motivation, Reemployment, and Mental Health
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Unemployment is a major social issue in modern societies. Unemployed workers obtain reemployment mainly through their job-search activities. This chapter documents the literature on the uniqueness, antecedents, and outcomes of job-search behaviors of the unemployed. Because job-search behavior has recently been examined as a dynamic process, we summarize theoretical models, research designs, and analytical approaches in studying job-search dynamics, particularly with regard to unemployed job seekers. We further suggest conceptualizing and empirically examining job-search as behavioral episodes to enhance our understanding of job-search dynamics.
Keywords: job-search behavior, unemployment, dynamics, behavioral episode
Zhaoli Song NUS Business School National University of Singapore Singapore
Shu Hua Sun Freeman School of Business Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Xian Li NUS Business School National University of Singapore Singapore
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Introduction: What to Expect
- Historical Background to Research on Job Loss, Unemployment, and Job Search
- Job Insecurity and Anticipated Job Loss: A Primer and Exploration of Possible Interventions
- Individual Consequences of Job Loss and Unemployment
- Job Loss, Unemployment, and Families
- Unemployment and Its Wider Impact
- Insecurity, Unemployment, and Health: A Social Epidemiological Perspective
- Goal Setting and Control Theory: Implications for Job Search
- Job Loss and Job Search: A Social-Cognitive and Self-Regulation Perspective
- Understanding the Motivational Dynamics Among Unemployed Individuals: Refreshing Insights from the Self-Determination Theory Perspective
- Motivation and Self-Regulation in Job Search: A Theory of Planned Job Search Behavior
- Self-Regulatory Perspectives in the Theory of Planned Job Search Behavior: Deliberate and Automatic Self-Regulation Strategies to Facilitate Job Seeking
- New Economy Careers Demand Adaptive Mental Models and Resources
- Economic Job Search and Decision-Making Models
- Job-Search Behavior as a Multidimensional Construct: A Review of Different Job-Search Behaviors and Sources
- Networking as a Job-Search Behavior and Career Management Strategy
- Contingency Headhunters: What They Do—and What Their Activities Tell Us About Jobs, Careers, and the Labor Market
- Who Is Searching for Whom? Integrating Recruitment and Job Search Research
- Through the Looking Glass: Employment Interviews from the Lens of Job Candidates
- Reemployment Quality, Underemployment, and Career Outcomes
- Job Search and the School-to-Work Transition
- Employed Job Seekers and Job-to-Job Search
- Job-Search Behavior of the Unemployed: A Dynamic Perspective
- Too Old to Tango? Job Loss and Job Search Among Older Workers
- Nontraditional Employment: The Careers of Temporary Workers
- International Job Search
- By Any Other Name: Discrimination in Resume Screening
- The Evaluation of Reemployment Programs: Between Impact Assessment and Theory-Based Approaches
- Job Loss: Outplacement Programs
- Work First Versus Human Capital Development in Employability Programs
- The JOBS Program: Impact on Job Seeker Motivation, Reemployment, and Mental Health
- Index
