Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

3-2019

Abstract

This two‐wave field study draws from social cognitive theory to investigate the specific job search self‐efficacy beliefs and behaviors of unemployed ethnic minority women in the Netherlands. We go beyond prior job search research that predominantly used white samples and conceptualized job search self‐efficacy and behavior as global, unidimensional constructs. We found that networking self‐efficacy and Internet self‐efficacy were the main predictors of ethnic minority women’s job search behaviors. Moreover, the more time they spent on contacting employment agencies and looking at job ads the more job offers they received. Finally, time spent on job ads was more positively related to job offers when job ad self‐efficacy was high and time spent on networking only predicted job offers when networking self‐efficacy was high.

Keywords

self-efficacy, unemployment, ethnic minority women, job search behavior, job search

Discipline

Human Resources Management

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volume

27

Issue

1

First Page

9

Last Page

20

ISSN

0965-075X

Identifier

10.1111/ijsa.12231

Publisher

Wiley: 24 months

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12231

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