Abstract
Research regarding job searching behavior has determined the proclivity and effectiveness of job search strategies and behaviors, as well as relations between personality characteristics and job searching behaviors (Ellis & Taylor, 1983; Kanfer et al., 2001; Wanberg et al, 1999). The present study examined the effect of beliefs in self-control and self-efficacy on job searching behavior, through frequently used job searching inventories. Results showed that belief in self-efficacy acted as a partial mediator in the prediction of job searching behaviors from belief in self-control. These results indicate that an individual’s belief in their own self-control in the world impacts both their job searching behaviors and their self-efficacy in these behaviors.