How youth may find jobs: The role of positivity, perceived employability and support from employment agencies
| Autor: | Laura Borgogni, Lucia Valente, Pietro Menatta, Gian Vittorio Caprara, Chiara Consiglio, Guido Alessandri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Youth unemployment
positivity media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Sample (statistics) Management Monitoring Policy and Law Employability TD194-195 Renewable energy sources perceived employability GE1-350 Situational ethics personal resources media_common youth unemployment Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Environmental sciences support from employment agency employment Conceptual model Employment Perceived employability Personal resources Positivity Support from employment agency Youth Guarantee program Demographic economics Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 16 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 9468, p 9468 (2021) |
| Popis: | Youth unemployment is a relevant issue among most European countries therefore, it is important to understand its individual and situational determinants. This study aimed to investigate a conceptual model that explains the associations among positivity (POS), perceived support from employment agencies, perceived employability (PE), and employment status in a sample of 317 unemployed Italian youth involved in the Youth Guarantee program. In particular, this study investigated the relationships between POS and PE and between PE and employment. Moreover, we analyzed whether the relationship between POS and employment status was mediated by PE and whether the relationship between POS and PE was moderated by perceived support from employment agencies. Results showed that PE totally mediated the relationship between POS and employment status. Furthermore, the moderating role of perceived support from agencies was confirmed when high, it boosted the relationship between POS and PE. In sum, this study contributes to understanding the key impact of POS on PE, as well as the role played by employment agencies as a “catalyst” of this relationship, allowing, with their support, unemployed youth to maximize their opportunity to find a job. Implications for both research and practice are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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