Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill development
This research investigates the relationship between music preference strength and job search reactions, specifically stress and knowledge-skill development, with career adaptability as a mediating factor. Results obtained using a two-wave data collection procedure (wave one: N = 337; wave two: N = 1...
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| description | This research investigates the relationship between music preference strength and job search reactions, specifically stress and knowledge-skill development, with career adaptability as a mediating factor. Results obtained using a two-wave data collection procedure (wave one: N = 337; wave two: N = 188; the final sample size after matching: N = 182) reveal that music preference strength is positively correlated with career adaptability, which significantly mediates the relationship between music preference strength and both lower job search stress and greater knowledge-skill development. These findings suggest that fostering strong music preferences is associated with enhanced career adaptability, which predicts reduced stress and improved skill development during job searches. However, limitations to this research, such as the two-wave design and the exclusion of other theoretical explanations, call for caution in generalizing these results and interpreting causal relationships. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8039d56441fb4abb8b7845f80da859812025-08-20T02:13:20ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182024-10-0125010456810.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104568Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill developmentBin Ling0Xiang Ao1Ziqian Liu2Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing, China; Corresponding author at: Room 1103, Boxue Building, Focheng West Road, Nanjing City, Jiangsu 211100, China.Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, USABusiness School, Hohai University, Nanjing, China; Jiangsu Communications Holding Co., LTD, ChinaThis research investigates the relationship between music preference strength and job search reactions, specifically stress and knowledge-skill development, with career adaptability as a mediating factor. Results obtained using a two-wave data collection procedure (wave one: N = 337; wave two: N = 188; the final sample size after matching: N = 182) reveal that music preference strength is positively correlated with career adaptability, which significantly mediates the relationship between music preference strength and both lower job search stress and greater knowledge-skill development. These findings suggest that fostering strong music preferences is associated with enhanced career adaptability, which predicts reduced stress and improved skill development during job searches. However, limitations to this research, such as the two-wave design and the exclusion of other theoretical explanations, call for caution in generalizing these results and interpreting causal relationships.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824004463Music preference strengthCareer adaptabilityJob search stressKnowledge-skill developmentJob search process |
| spellingShingle | Bin Ling Xiang Ao Ziqian Liu Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill development Acta Psychologica Music preference strength Career adaptability Job search stress Knowledge-skill development Job search process |
| title | Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill development |
| title_full | Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill development |
| title_fullStr | Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill development |
| title_short | Dealing with job search reactions: How strength of music preference predicts job seekers' stress and knowledge-skill development |
| title_sort | dealing with job search reactions how strength of music preference predicts job seekers stress and knowledge skill development |
| topic | Music preference strength Career adaptability Job search stress Knowledge-skill development Job search process |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824004463 |
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