How to Optimize the Job Search Process: Development and Validation of the Job Search Quality Scale

IF 2.8 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Career Assessment Pub Date : 2022-01-03 DOI:10.1177/10690727211052812

Edwin A. J. van Hooft, Greet van Hoye, Sarah M. van den Hee

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Abstract

Job search quality is important for unemployed individuals pursuing reemployment. To comprehensively measure job search quality, we develop and test a 20-item Job Search Quality Scale (JSQS), using four samples of unemployed individuals (pilot sample, N=218; exploration sample, N=3372; confirmation sample, N=3372; and replication sample, N=434). Results show a four-dimensional structure, composed of (a) goal establishment and planning, (b) preparation and alignment, (c) emotion regulation and persistence, and (d) learning and improvement. Substantial evidence was found for its reliability, convergent and discriminant validity. Building job search quality’s nomological net, conscientiousness, learning goal orientation, self-efficacy, employment commitment, autonomous job search motivation, and social support emerged as positive correlates. Supporting its criterion-related validity, the JSQS predicted key job search and employment outcomes. Moreover, usefulness analyses supported its incremental validity beyond extant job search measures. Our findings have important implications for studying and measuring job search quality in future research and career counseling practice.

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如何优化求职过程:求职质量量表的编制与验证

求职质量对失业人员寻求再就业至关重要。为了全面衡量求职质量，我们开发并测试了一个包含20个条目的求职质量量表(JSQS)，使用四个失业个体样本(先导样本，N=218;勘探样本，N=3372;确认样本，N=3372;和复制样本，N=434)。研究结果显示，大学生的心理活动具有四个维度的结构，包括(a)目标设定与规划、(b)准备与调整、(c)情绪调节与坚持、(d)学习与提升。其信度、收敛效度和判别效度得到了充分的证明。求职质量的法则网构建、责任心、学习目标导向、自我效能感、就业承诺、自主求职动机和社会支持呈显著正相关。支持其标准相关效度，JSQS预测关键的求职和就业结果。此外，有用性分析支持其增量效度超过现有的求职措施。本研究结果对未来研究和职业咨询实践中求职质量的研究和衡量具有重要意义。

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Journal of Career Assessment PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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6.10

自引率

15.60%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Career Assessment publishes methodologically sound, empirically based studies focusing on the process and techniques by which counselors and others gain understanding of the individual faced with the necessity of making informed career decisions. The term career assessment, as used in this journal, covers the various techniques, tests, inventories, rating scales, interview schedules, surveys, and direct observational methods used in scientifically based practice and research to provide an improved understanding of career decision-making. The focus is not just testing, but all those means developed and used to assess and evaluate individuals and environments in the field of career counseling and development.