Abstract

GOMES, João; GAMBOA, Vítor  and  PAIXAO, Olímpio. Job Search Intentions in Higher Education: Employability and Self-Efficacy. Rev. bras. orientac. prof [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.2, pp.85-94. ISSN 1984-7270.

The present study, carried out with 123 higher education senior students, aims to clarify to what extent the levels of self-efficacy in school-to-work transition and the perceived employability can predict job-seeking intentions and behaviors, and to verify the mediating role of self-efficacy in the transition to work in the relationship between perceived employability and job search intentions and job search behaviors. The results revealed that both variables predict job-seeking intentions and behaviors, and that self-efficacy in the transition to work acts as a mediating variable in the relationship between perceived employability and job-seeking intentions. Finally, the limitations of the study as well as its main implications for career counseling practices to be pursued with higher education seniors are discussed.

Keywords : Job-seeking intentions; Job-seeking behaviors; Perceived Employability; Self-efficacy in school-to-work transition.

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