Antecedents of job search self-efficacy of Syrian refugees in Greece and the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT: The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationships among psychological resources, career barriers, and job search self-efficacy in a sample of post-2014 Syrian refugees. Participants included 330 refugees in Greece and the Netherlands. Data were obtained using paper-based surveys, with all measures translated into Arabic. Drawing from career construction theory (Savickas, 2005), we hypothesized that adaptive readiness, operationalized in terms of psychological capital, would be positively related to job search self-efficacy through career adaptability. In addition, social and administrative career barriers were hypothesized to moderate the first stage of the indirect effect between psychological capital and job search self-efficacy, such that this relationship is weaker whe

SUBMITTER: Pajic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5873528 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature