Motivational Profiles in Unemployment: A Self-Determination Perspective.

ABSTRACT: In general, being unemployed has negative implications for the individual and the mental health of the public as a collective. One way to escape this situation is to search for a job. However, following self-determination theory (SDT), unemployed people's different reasons (i.e., their motivation) for engaging in a job search influence their well-being, attitudes, and behaviors for better or worse. Some research has already supported the associations between different types of motivation and these outcomes, but less is known about how these types of motivation simultaneously associate with these outcomes. The current study addressed this issue by studying how different motivational profiles had different implications for the affective experiences, commitment to employment, and job search b

SUBMITTER: van der Vaart L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099225 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature