Abstract
Literature on job searching suggests that emotion regulation has an impact on employability, but this relationship is far from being explained; furthermore, most of the studies have been conducted among students or workers. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between emotion regulation and employability among unemployed people, analyzing the role of ambition and protean career orientation as possible factors in such a relationship. Participants were 228 unemployed subjects who had requested individual counselling for job searching; data were collected by means of a self-report questionnaire. Results confirmed that emotion regulation is related to employability, both through a direct relationship and through an indirect effect of ambition and protean career orientation.
Highlights
Unemployment has negative consequences and produces costs for individuals, societies, and economies
Despite the limitations outlined above, this study provided important new insights into the relation of emotion regulation to employability, identifying some processes that could help unemployed people to explore new career goals and paths, whilst considering new alternatives and enhancing strengths and skills
This research implied that helping to use cognitive strategies allowing one to re-interpret one’s situation differently, so to better cope with the difficulties associated with unemployment and to avoid processes of suppression of negative emotion, could enhance one’s control over one’s career path, leading to the perception of better employability and best strategies for exploring the labor market
Summary
Unemployment has negative consequences and produces costs for individuals, societies, and economies. Unemployment determines repeated exposure to stress, along with deteriorated emotional self-regulation, and decreases the ability to cope with the negative consequences of job loss. There are many examples of government interventions aimed at helping unemployed individuals regain employment or cope with the stressful effects of unemployment [6,7]. None of those interventions have focused on improving the emotional or psychological competencies of unemployed adults. Research indicates that one’s employability perception and job search intensity—as crucial factors in regaining employment and developing employment capacity—are important in mitigating the negative effects of job loss. Most of the research on employability has involved workers or students, while less is known about unemployed people
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