The increasing number of graduates from higher education program has arouse the discussion of its effect on Taiwan workers¡¦ competency and whether such booming production has advantages for graduates¡¦ first job search. Even though a large aggregation of literatures has been published and includes such vocational activities into turnover theories, social cognitive theory and so on, there has not been a explicate framework of combining internal and external factors with job search outcome. The study has achieved illustrate 2009 graduates¡¦ from department of business administrative perception of how the difference of their degrees interact with internal factor (self-efficacy), external factor (economic condition) and job search outcome (employment opportunity index). By adding valid scales into the existing job search framework, the study is able to conclude the discrepancy between master degree graduates and bachelor degree graduates scoring on different scales as well as the overall discrepancy the graduates¡¦ perception have against the actual facts in the contemporary job market. In sum, the findings in this study are as the following: 1. There are positive relationships between: education attainment vs. self-efficacy, level of external factor resistance, EOI; self-efficacy vs. level of external factor resistance, EOI; level of external factor resistance vs. EOI. 2. Master graduates have higher occupational self-efficacy, level of external factor resistance and EOI than the bachelor graduates. 3. Master graduates are likely to make overestimation on the amount of their first monthly payment and underestimation on the duration needed for their first job search.

<p>ABSTRACT</p><p>The aim of this quantitative study was to investigate if stress, self-efficacy and life satisfaction varied with gender and age. The sample was selectively chosen in the municipality, country council, private sector and in the trade business. 237 participants were included in the study, of which 94 were men and 143 were women. Age was split in two categories: younger adults (18-40 years) and older adults (41-65 years). The results showed that there were correlations between the dependent variables: stress, self-efficacy and life satisfaction. The results also showed that: gender has an effect on stress and that age has an effect on stress and self-efficacy. There was also a significant interaction effect between gender and age for stress: younger women reported the highest stress among the groups. No other significant interaction effects for self-efficacy and life satisfaction were found.</p><p>Keywords: Stress, self-efficacy, life-satisfaction, gender, age.</p><p>SAMMANFATTNING</p><p>Syftet med den här kvantitativa studien var att undersöka om stress, self-efficacy och livstillfredsställelse skiljer sig i ålder och kön. Stickprovet utfördes selektivt på arbetsplatser inom kommun, landsting, privata sektorn och inom handel. 237 deltagare var med i studien varav 94 var män och 143 var kvinnor. Ålder delades upp i kategorierna: yngre vuxna (18-40 år) och äldre vuxna (41-65 år). Resultatet visade att det fanns samband mellan de tre beroende variablerna: stress, self-efficacy och livstillfredsställelse. Resultatet visade även att: kön har en effekt på stress och att ålder har en effekt på stress och self-efficacy. Det fanns även en signifikant interaktionseffekt mellan kön och ålder för stress där yngre kvinnor rapporterade högst stress. Inga andra signifikanta interaktionseffekter för self-efficacy och livstillfredsställelse fanns.</p><p>Nyckelord: Stress, self-efficacy, livstillfredsställelse, kön, ålder</p>

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-74). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-133). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 154 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-128).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 27, 2010). Additional advisors: Joseph C. Burns, Linda K. Emfinger, Lynn D. Kirkland, Maryanne Manning. Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-135).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 138 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-223). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 165 p. : ill. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: W. Bruce Walsh, Dept. of Psychology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-153).

Thesis (M.N.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002. / Bibliography: leaves 120-130.