To date, however, there is still little under-standing of whether or how changes in affect and stress are relatedto job search intensity. Because job search intensityis an important predictor of job search success, understandinginfluences on job search intensity is a critical research area(Kanfer et al., 2001). As such, the jobsearch is a self-regulated learning process during which individualsneed to manage their emotions and stress to maintain or evenincrease their job search intensity in order to find a job (Creed,King, Good, & McKenzie, 2009 Kanfer, Wanberg, & Kantrowitz,2001 Turban, Stevens, & Lee, 2009). Such results suggest controltheory can be extended by including between-subjects differences in LGO.Īs job seekers attempt to find a job, they experience variabilityin their emotions, stress, and job search intensity. Additionally, job seekers higher in LGO maintained their job search intensityfollowing increased positive affect, whereas those lower in LGO decreased it. For job seekers higher inLGO, perceived stress was more strongly positively related to subsequent job search intensity than for jobseekers lower in LGO. We integratedlearning goal orientation (LGO) with control theory to theorize that affect and perceived stress providesignals about job search progress that are interpreted differently depending on job seekers’ LGO.Specifically, higher LGO would lead to more adaptive responses to increased affect and perceived stress.Results from job seekers with 4 waves of panel data supported our hypotheses. Keywords:AffectPerceived stressJob search intensityLearning goal orientationSelf-regulationĪlthough job seekers have variability in affect and perceived stress during their job search, little is knownabout whether and how such within-person variability is related to job search intensity. College of Business, University of Missouri, 517 Cornell Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USAĪrticle history:Received 24 August 2012Accepted 11 September 2014Available online 5 October 2014Accepted by Paul Levy
Turban bĪ Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University, 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USAb Department of Management, Robert J.
⇑ Corresponding author.E-mail addresses: (S.P. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesĪre affect and perceived stress detrimental or beneficial to job seekers?The role of learning goal orientation in job search self-regulation Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 125 (2014) 193–203Ĭontents lists available at ScienceDirect
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