The Effects of Goal Orientation on Job Search and Reemployment: A Field Experiment Among Unemployed Job Seekers

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1581-1590

  van Hooft, Edwin A J ^a   Noordzij, Gera ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

goal orientation; job search; reemployment counseling; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 72249092491     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017592     Document Type: Article

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