Job search self-efficacy as a mediator between emotional intelligence and the active job search process
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2019
Autores
Nieto-Flores, María Pilar
Berrios-Martos, María Pilar
Extremera, Natalio
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Taylor & Francis
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This study analyses the role of job search self-efficacy as a possible mediating variable in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and the active job search process in a sample of 196 unemployed people in Andalusia, 107 men and 89 women aged 18 to 59 (M = 30.90; SD = 8.07). They were all provided an EI scale, a job search self-efficacy measure and an active job search measure, and provided their social and demographic information. As expected, EI was positively associated with higher levels of job search self-efficacy, as well as higher levels of job search intensity. In addition, mediation analyses indicated that EI had a significant indirect effect (through self-efficacy) on the active job search process. The results are discussed for application in future career guidance programmes.
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Emotional intelligence, Job search self-efficacy, Job search process
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Nieto-Flores, P, Berrios, M. P. & Extremera, N. (2019). Job search self-efficacy as a mediator between emotional intelligence and the active job search process/Autoeficacia de búsqueda como mediadora de la inteligencia emocional y la búsqueda activa de empleo. Revista de Psicología Social/International Journal of Social Psychology 34 (1), 86-109.