Predicting job seeking for temporary employment using the theory of planned behaviour: The moderating role of individualism and collectivism

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-316

  Van Hooft, Edwin A J ^a   De Jong, Mireille ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249092805     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317908X325322     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Abrams D, Ando K, Hinkle S. Psychological attachment to the group: Cross-cultural differences in organizational identification and subjective norms as predictors of workers' turnover intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 24:1027-1039. 1998.
2. Aiken L. S, West S. G. Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications; 1991.
3. Ajzen I. The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 50:179-211. 1991.
4. Ajzen I. Nature and operation of attitudes. Annual Review of Psychology 52:27-58. 2001.
5. Armitage C. J, Conner M. Efficacy of the theory of planned behaviour: A meta-analytic review. British Journal of Social Psychology 40:471-799. 2001.
6. Armitage C. J, Conner M, Loach J, Willetts D. Different perceptions of control: Applying an extended theory of planned behavior to legal and illegal drug use. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 21:301-316. 1999.
7. Arnold J, Loan-Clarke J, Coombs C, Wilkinson A, Park J, Preston D. How well can the theory of planned behavior account for occupational intentions?. Journal of Vocational Behavior 69:374-390. 2006.
8. Beck L, Ajzen A. Predicting dishonest actions using the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Research in Personality 25:285-301. 1991.
9. Blau G. Testing a two-dimensional measure of job-search behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 59:288-312. 1994.
10. Brewster C, Mayne L, Tregaskis O. Flexible working in Europe. Journal of World Business 32:133-151. 1997.
11. Caska B. A. The search for employment: Motivation to engage in a coping behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 28:206-224. 1998.
12. Connelly C. E, Gallagher D. G. Emerging trends in contingent work research. Journal of Management 30:959-983. 2004.
13. Conner M, Armitage C. J. Extending the theory of planned behavior: A review and avenues for further research. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 28:1429-1464. 1998.
14. Conner M, Warren R, Close S, Sparks P. Alcohol consumption and the theory of planned behavior: An examination of the cognitive mediation of past behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 29:1676-1704. 1999.
15. Davis L. E, Ajzen I, Saunders J, Williams T. The decision of African American students to complete high school: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Educational Psychology 94:810-819. 2002.
16. Ellingson J. E, Gruys M. L, Sackett P. R. Factors related to the satisfaction and performance of temporary employees. Journal of Applied Psychology 83:913-921. 1998.
17. Elliott M. A, Armitage C. J, Baughan C. J. Exploring the beliefs underpinning drivers' intentions to comply with speed limits. Transportation Research Part F 8:459-479. 2005.
18. Evans M. G. The problem of analyzing multiplicative composites: Interactions revisited. American Psychologist 46:6-15. 1991.
19. Fishbein M. A theory of reasoned action: Some applications and implications. Howe H. EPage M. MNebraska symposium on motivation 27:65-116.Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press; 1980;.
20. Fishbein M, Ajzen I. Belief, attitude, intention and behavior: An introduction to theory and research. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing; 1975.
21. Fiske A. P. Using individualism and collectivism to compare cultures - A critique of the validity and measurement of the constructs: Comment on Oyserman et al. (2002). Psychological Bulletin 128:78-88. 2002.
22. French D. P, Hankins M. The expectancy-value muddle in the theory of planned behaviour - and some proposed solutions. British Journal of Health Psychology 8:37-55. 2003.
23. Gagné C, Godin G. The theory of planned behavior: Some measurement issues concerning belief-based variables. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 30:2173-2193. 2000.
24. Gelfand M. J, Bhawuk D. P. S, Nishii L. H, Bechtold D. J. Individualism and collectivism. House R. J Hanges P. J Javidan M Dorfman P. W Gupta V Culture, leadership, and organizations: The GLOBE study of 62 societies :437-512. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2004.
25. Giles M, Rea A. Career self-efficacy: An application of the theory of planned behaviour. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 72:393-398. 1999.
26. Hofstede G. Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications; 1980.
27. Hu L, Bentler P. M. Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling 6:1-55. 1999.
28. Javidan M, House R. J. Cultural acumen for the global manager: Lessons from project GLOBE. Organizational Dynamics 29:289-305. 2001.
29. Jöreskog K, Sörbom D. LISREL 8: Structural equation modeling with the SIMPLIS command language. Chicago, IL: Scientific Software International; 1993.
30. Kalleberg A. L. Nonstandard employment relation: Part-time, temporary and contract work. Annual Review of Sociology 26:341-365. 2000.
31. Kanfer R, Wanberg C. R, Kantrowitz T. M. Job search and employment: A personality-motivational analysis and meta-analytic review. Journal of Applied Psychology 86:837-855. 2001.
32. Kitayama S. Culture and basic psychological processes - Toward a system view of culture: Comment on Oyserman et al. (2002). Psychological Bulletin 128:89-96. 2002.
33. Lee C, Green R. T. Cross-cultural examination of the Fishbein behavioral intentions model. Journal of International Business Studies 22:289-305. 1991.
34. Markus H. R, Kitayama S. Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review 98:224-253. 1991.
35. Marler J. H, Barringer M. W, Milkovich G. T. Boundaryless and traditional contingent employees: Worlds apart. Journal of Organizational Behavior 23:425-453. 2002.
36. Norman P, Conner M. The theory of planned behaviour and binge drinking: Assessing the moderating role of past behaviour within the theory of planned behaviour. British Journal of Health Psychology 11:55-70. 2006.
37. Oyserman D, Coon H. M, Kemmelmeier M. Rethinking individualism and collectivism: Evaluation of theoretical assumptions and meta-analyses. Psychological Bulletin 128:3-72. 2002.
38. Polivka A. E, Nardone T. On the definition of contingent work. Monthly Labor Review 112(12):9-16. 1989.
39. Roth P. L. Missing data: A conceptual review for applied psychologists. Personnel Psychology 47:537-560. 1994.
40. Schmit M. J, Amel E. L, Ryan A. M. Self-reported assertive job-seeking behaviors of minimally educated job hunters. Personnel Psychology 46:105-124. 1993.
41. SCP. Jaarrapport integratie 2005 [Annual report on integration 2005]. The Hague, The Netherlands: Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP); 2005.
42. Song Z, Wanberg C. R, Niu X, Xie Y. Action-state orientation and the theory of planned behavior: A study of job search in China. Journal of Vocational Behavior 68:490-503. 2006.
43. Statistics Netherlands. Allochtonen in Nederland 2004 [Ethnic minorities in The Netherlands 2004]. Voorburg/Heerlen, The Netherlands: Statistics Netherlands; 2004.
44. Theodore N, Peck J. The temporary staffing industry: Growth imperatives and limits to contingency. Economic Geography 78:463-494. 2002.
45. Trafimow D, Finlay K. A. The importance of subjective norms for a minority of people: Between-subjects and within-subjects analyses. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 22:820-828. 1996.
46. Trafimow D, Finlay K. A. The prediction of attitudes from beliefs and evaluations: The logic of the double negative. British Journal of Social Psychology 41:77-86. 2002.
47. Triandis H. C. Individualism and collectivism. Boulder, CO: Westview Press; 1995.
48. Triandis H. C, Bontempo R, Villareal M. J, Asai M, Lucca N. Individualism and collectivism: Cross-cultural perspectives on self-ingroup relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 54:323-338. 1988.
49. Triandis H. C, Leung K, Villareal M. J, Clack F. L. Allocentric versus idiocentric tendencies: Convergent and discriminant validation. Journal of Research in Personality 19:395-415. 1985.
50. Van der Zee K. I, Bakker A. B, Bakker P. Why are structured interviews so rarely used in personnel selection?. Journal of Applied Psychology 87:176-184. 2002.
51. Van Hooft E. A. J, Born M. Ph, Taris T. W, Van der Flier H. Job search and the theory of planned behavior: Minority-majority group differences in The Netherlands. Journal of Vocational Behavior 65:366-390. 2004a.
52. Van Hooft E. A. J, Born M. Ph, Taris T. W, Van der Flier H. The cross-cultural generalizability of the theory of planned behavior: A study on job seeking in The Netherlands. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 37:127-135. 2006.
53. Van Hooft E. A. J, Born M. Ph, Taris T. W, Van der Flier H, Blonk R. W. B. Predictors of job search behavior among employed and unemployed people. Personnel Psychology 57:25-59. 2004b.
54. Van Ryn M, Vinokur A. D. How did it work? An examination of the mechanisms through which an intervention for the unemployed promoted job-search behavior. American Journal of Community Psychology 20:577-597. 1992.
55. Verplanken B, Aarts H, Van Knippenberg A, Moonen A. Habit versus planned behaviour: A field experiment. British Journal of Social Psychology 37:111-128. 1998.
56. Vinokur A. D, Caplan R. D. Attitudes and social support: Determinants of job-seeking behavior and well-being among the unemployed. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 17:1007-1024. 1987.
57. Wanberg C. R, Glomb T. M, Song Z, Sorenson S. Job-search persistence during unemployment: A 10-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Applied Psychology 90:411-430. 2005.
58. Wanberg C. R, Kanfer R, Rotundo M. Unemployed individuals: Motives, job-search competencies, and job-search constraints as predictors of job-seeking and reemployment. Journal of Applied Psychology 84:897-910. 1999.
59. Wasti S. A. Organizational commitment, turnover intentions and the influence of cultural values. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 76:303-321. 2003.
60. Ybarra O, Trafimow D. How priming the private self or collective self affects the relative weights of attitudes and subjective norms. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 24:362-370. 1998.
61. Zeytinoglu I. U, Muteshi J. K. Gender, race and class dimensions of nonstandard work. Relations Industrielles 55:133-167. 2000.