Job search anxiety, transition resources and wellbeing

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dc.contributor.authorBritton, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-02T06:45:08Z
dc.date.available2020-09-02T06:45:08Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionA research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA by coursework and Research Report in the field of Organisational Psychology in the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, March 2019en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMultiple researchers have noted the impact of job search anxiety on the psychological wellbeing of individuals. This study sought to investigate whether the effects of job search anxiety are mitigated by the extent to which individuals possess particular transition resources. These resources, namely generalised self-efficacy, perceived control over finding employment, perceived social support, as well as the coping style a person finds most desirable to engage in when faced with a stress-inducing situation were utilised in accordance with Nancy Schlossberg’s transition model. The outcome variable, namely psychological wellbeing, looked at symptoms of generalised anxiety as well as depression. The sample within the current study included (n = 218) exit level students from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlations, multiple moderated regressions and Two-Way ANOVA’s were executed to assess the primary research questions within the study. A significant positive relationship was found between job search anxiety and psychological wellbeing. However, despite the assertions that the theorist Nancy Schlossberg made within her transition theory as well as the theoretical connections illustrated within previous research, the transition resources highlighted within this study did not significantly moderate the relationship between job search anxiety and psychological wellbeing. Significant main effects were found between a portion of the moderator variables and the psychological wellbeing variables. The findings within the study have suggested that more work is needed to completely support Schlossberg’s transition model.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXN2020en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (xii, 130 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationBritton, Thomas. (2019). Job search anxiety, transition resources and wellbeing. University of the Witwatersrand, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29418
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/29418
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.schoolSchool of Human and Community Developmenten_ZA
dc.subject.lcshAnxiety
dc.subject.lcshDepression, Mental
dc.titleJob search anxiety, transition resources and wellbeingen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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