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Older job seekers' job search intensity
— the interplay of proactive personality, age and occupational future time perspective | | Author(s) | Hannes Zacher |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 33, no 7, October 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, October 2013 |
| Pages | pp 1139-1166 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Unemployment ; Age groups [elderly] ; Attitude ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Long-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. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130920201 A |
| Classmark | GC: WH6: BB: DP: 7YA |
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