The Job Search Grind: Perceived Progress, Self-Reactions, and Self-Regulation of Search Effort
基于自我调节理论，通过三周每日调查，研究失业者求职过程中的情绪波动、感知进展对次日努力的影响，以及财务困难、就业承诺和行动状态取向的调节作用。
Guided by theory and research on self-regulation and goal pursuit, we offer a framework for studying the dynamics of unemployed individuals' job search. A daily survey over three weeks demonstrated vacillation in job seeker affect and, to a lesser extent, “reemployment efficacy.” Daily perceived job search progress was related to this vacillation. Lower perceived progress on any given day was related to more effort the following day. The study provides insights into the daily dynamics of job search and elucidates the roles of search progress, affect, and three key moderators—financial hardship, employment commitment, and “action-state orientation”—in explaining these dynamics.