The main purpose of the current study was to explore predictors of Job Search Behaviour in Australian and Canadian undergraduate students within the context of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. An expansion of the theory was investigated, to determine if Emotional Intelligence contributed to the prediction of Job Search Behaviour. Gender differences as well as Australian versus Canadian differences in Job Search Behaviour and Emotional Intelligence were also explored. Participants were undergraduate students (N = 253) at the University of Victoria in Canada and the University of Melbourne in Australia in the final term prior to graduation. Results revealed support for the Theory of Planned Behaviour with the predictors of Social Norm, Job Search Attitude, and Perceived Behavioural Control contributing to the prediction of Job Search Intensions and thus indirectly Behaviour and Job Search Intentions and Perceived Behavioural Control contributing to the prediction of Job Search Behaviour directly. Inconsistent with the theory was the contribution of Job Search Attitude to Job Search Behaviour directly. Emotional Intelligence did not contribute to the prediction of Job Search Behaviour directly or indirectly through Intentions. There were very small and mixed gender and cross-national effects in Job Search Behaviour. There were minimal and mixed gender and cross-national effects in EI. Implications for counsellors and educators and suggestions for future research are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/2423 |
| Date | 01 April 2010 |
| Creators | Wilson, Cheryl D. |
| Contributors | Uhlemann, Max R., Anderson, John O. |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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