Search Motivation Research Articles

Less Severe but More Intense: Achievability as Search Motivation in the Vicinity of Aspirations

Less Severe but More Intense: Achievability as Search Motivation in the Vicinity of Aspirations

Does faith matter? An analysis of the effect of religious attendance on job search motivation among young Brazilians

Resumo A literatura recente aponta os efeitos benéficos da religiosidade sobre o enfrentamento de estressores associados ao mercado de trabalho, servindo como um canal de apoio social e psicológico. Contudo, pouco se sabe a respeito de como e até que ponto as crenças e as práticas religiosas influenciam os valores, opiniões, percepções e atitudes sociais do segmento juvenil. Diante disto, este artigo tem como objetivo compreender a importância da intensidade da prática religiosa sobre a motivação de busca por trabalho de jovens brasileiros, usando dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS) de 2013. Para tanto, adotou-se uma estratégia empírica baseada no modelo de regressão estendida (ERM), mais especificamente o probit com tratamento endógeno ordinal. Em grosso modo, as estimativas apontam que a religião melhora o incentivo de sair da total inatividade e procurar um engajamento ocupacional, mesmo em jovens que estão parcialmente dedicados aos estudos. Os resultados apontam um efeito crescente da intensidade religiosa na busca por emprego vis-à-vis a inatividade. Estima-se um efeito de tratamento médio de engajamento no mercado de trabalho de 28,7 pontos percentuais (p.p.) para jovens com frequência moderada e 61,3 p.p. para aqueles com alta participação nas atividades religiosas. Os resultados favorecem a hipótese que a frequência em práticas religiosas pode não apenas ser alívio de condições adversas, mas também um canal de estímulo na procura por emprego por parte dos jovens.

Thriving in the face of youth unemployment: The role of personal and social resources

AbstractExtensive research indicated that unemployment has detrimental impacts upon psychological well‐being of young individuals. Nevertheless, psychological well‐being of unemployed college graduates remained unexamined in the existing literature. The current study sought to investigate the direct and indirect roles of self, social, and work resources on the mental health of unemployed college graduates (N = 291). The results of path analysis pointed out that only self‐esteem, employment hope, and family social support were directly linked with psychological well‐being. Additionally, there were indirect paths from work–role centrality, self‐efficacy, self‐esteem, and job search motivation to psychological well‐being via employment hope.

Post-stroke experiences and health information needs among Chinese elderly ischemic stroke survivors in the internet environment: a qualitative study.

Elderly stroke survivors are encouraged to receive appropriate health information to prevent recurrences. After discharge, older patients seek health information in everyday contexts, examining aspects that facilitate or impair healthy behavior. To explore the experiences of older stroke patients when searching for health information, focusing on search methods, identification of health information, and difficulties faced during the search process. Using the qualitative descriptive methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with fifteen participants. Participants associated the health information they sought with concerns about future life prospects triggered by perceived intrusive changes in their living conditions. Based on the participants' descriptions, four themes were refined: participants' motivation to engage in health information acquisition behavior, basic patterns of health information search, source preferences for health information, and difficulties and obstacles in health information search, and two search motivation subthemes, two search pattern subthemes, four search pathway subthemes, and four search difficulty subthemes were further refined. Older stroke patients face significant challenges in searching for health information online. Healthcare professionals should assess survivors' health information-seeking skills, develop training programs, provide multichannel online access to health resources, and promote secondary prevention for patients by improving survivors' health behaviors and self-efficacy.

Voice search behavior under human–vehicle interaction context: an exploratory study

PurposeAs voice search has progressively become a new way of information acquisition and human–computer interaction, this paper aims to explore the users' voice search behavior in human–vehicle interaction.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed mixed research methods, including questionnaires and interviews. A total of 151 Amazon MTurk volunteers were recruited to complete a questionnaire based on their most recent and impressive voice search experience. After the questionnaire, this paper conducted an online interview with the participants.FindingsThis paper studied users' voice search behavior characteristics in the context of the human–vehicle interaction and analyzed the voice search content, search need, search motivation and user satisfaction. In addition, this paper studied the barriers and suggestions for voice search in human–vehicle interaction through a content analysis of the interviews.Practical implicationsThis paper's analysis of users' barriers and suggestions has a specific reference value for optimizing the voice search interaction system and improving the service.Originality/valueThis study is exploratory research that seeks to identify users' voice search needs and tasks and investigate voice search satisfaction in human–vehicle interaction context.

Defining the Characteristics of Successful Biosecurity Scent Detection Dogs.

To perform their role effectively, scent detection dogs require certain characteristics. Identifying these characteristics will inform the selection of prospective dogs and preferred approaches to their training. The current study drew upon the perspectives of industry stakeholders to identify the behavioural traits considered relevant for detection dogs in biosecurity screening roles. Dog handlers, trainers, and supervisors (n = 25) in Australian biosecurity operations participated in focus group interviews to determine the perceived characteristics that, in their experience, influence detection performance. Their descriptions were used to create a questionnaire which was then administered to handlers to assess the working behaviours of current biosecurity dogs. Responses were collected for 88% of the operational dogs (n = 36). An exploratory factor analysis revealed seven tentative dimensions: search motivation, emotional stability, search arousal, food motivation, play motivation, search independence, and search focus. Search motivation and search arousal were both positively associated with handler ratings of detection performance (p ≤ 0.006). In general, biosecurity dogs were scored consistently high in ratings of search motivation, emotional stability, and food motivation. Our approach has advanced our understanding of the working behaviours and characteristic profile of biosecurity detector dogs and will be used to inform candidate selection processes.

The Effect Analysis of Hedonic Motive and Browsing on Impulse Buying Through Shopping Lifestyle (Empirical Study on Bad Fox Independent Clothing Products)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of hedonic and search motives on impulsive purchases through a shopping lifestyle on Badfoxindependent). The sample for this study were consumers who had shopped online at Clothing Badfoxindependent in the South Jakarta and Depok areas, totaling 150 people. The analysis technique in this study used Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis with SmartPLS 3.0. The results of the study show that hedonic motivation and browsing have a direct effect on impulsive buying. The shopping lifestyle mediates the effect of hedonic and search motivation on impulse buying. The R Square value for the Shopping lifestyle variable obtained is 0.298 or 29.8%. These results indicate that Hedonic and Browsing motives together have an influence of 29.8% on the Shopping lifestyle, while the remaining (1-R Square) 70.1% is a major contribution of influence given by other factors that are not studied. The R Square value for the Impulse buying variable obtained is 0.653 or 65.3%. These results indicate that Hedonic, Browsing and Shopping lifestyle motives together have a 65.3% influence on impulse buying, while the remaining 34.7% (1-R Square) is contribution to the influence exerted by other factors that are not influential.

Consumer financial information processing: An integrated approach to examine individual differences

AbstractThis study applied an integrated approach to construct a hierarchical framework for consumer financial information processing. Individual differences in customers' psychological, cognitive and motivational characteristics were examined as antecedents. Using data collected from a sample of 613 U.S. adults, this study used the structural equation modeling method to identify significant direct and indirect relationships amongst personality traits, financial self‐efficacy, financial information‐gathering ability, search motivation, financial information sufficiency and the utilization of heuristics and systematic financial information‐processing modes. The results showed that consumers' information sufficiency (+) directly explained the application of the heuristic mode, whereas consumers' information gathering ability (+), motivation to search (+) and information sufficiency (+) directly explained the use of the systematic mode. Financial self‐efficacy demonstrated positive indirect associations with both heuristic and systematic modes. The results also revealed that personality traits including agreeableness, emotional stability and extraversion indirectly explained the use of information‐processing modes. Agreeableness (−) and emotional stability (+) were indirectly associated with both heuristic and systematic information processing modes, whilst extraversion (+) was only indirectly associated with the heuristic mode. Openness (+) was the only trait that was directly associated with the systematic mode. This study contributes to the literature on consumer financial information processing by connecting individuals' psychological, cognitive and motivational characteristics. The findings of this study provide valuable insights and policy and practical implications within the industry.

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This study aims to investigate the effects of fashion information search and innovativeness of consumers on service quality of image search. Furthermore, it focuses on exploring the effect of image search service quality on use intention. Data of mobile-friendly consumers in their 20s and 30s was collected in September 2021 via an online survey. Finally, 300 samples were used for the data analysis. First, motivation for information search in fashion was divided into four factors: information, relation, leisure, and entertainment motivation. Furthermore, service quality of image search was divided into four factors: accuracy, convenience, customization, and aesthetics. Second, regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the effect of fashion information search motivation on service quality. As a result, it was found that information, relation, and entertainment motivation except leisure motivation had significant effects on all factors of service quality. Third, fashion innovativeness had no significant effect on aesthetics while consumer innovativeness significantly influenced all factors of service quality. Fourth, accuracy, convenience, and aesthetics had a significant effect on use intention.

How to Optimize the Job Search Process: Development and Validation of the Job Search Quality Scale

Job search quality is important for unemployed individuals pursuing reemployment. To comprehensively measure job search quality, we develop and test a 20-item Job Search Quality Scale (JSQS), using four samples of unemployed individuals (pilot sample, N=218; exploration sample, N=3372; confirmation sample, N=3372; and replication sample, N=434). Results show a four-dimensional structure, composed of (a) goal establishment and planning, (b) preparation and alignment, (c) emotion regulation and persistence, and (d) learning and improvement. Substantial evidence was found for its reliability, convergent and discriminant validity. Building job search quality’s nomological net, conscientiousness, learning goal orientation, self-efficacy, employment commitment, autonomous job search motivation, and social support emerged as positive correlates. Supporting its criterion-related validity, the JSQS predicted key job search and employment outcomes. Moreover, usefulness analyses supported its incremental validity beyond extant job search measures. Our findings have important implications for studying and measuring job search quality in future research and career counseling practice.

Characterizing and predicting the cross-app behavior in mobile search

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the users' cross-app behavior characteristics in mobile search and to predict users' cross-app behavior using multi-dimensional information.Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents a longitudinal user experiment in 15 days. This paper recruited 30 participants and collected their mobile phone log data in the whole experiment. The structured diary method was also used to collect contextual information in mobile search.FindingsThis study focused on the users' cross-app behavior in mobile search and described cross-app behavior's basic characteristics. Usage of communication app and tool apps could trigger more cross-app behavior in mobile search. The method of cross-app behavior prediction in the mobile search was proposed. Collecting users' more contextual information, such as search tasks, search motivation and other environmental information, can effectively improve the prediction accuracy of cross-app behavior in mobile search.Practical implicationsThe future research on cross-app behavior prediction should focus on context information in mobile search. Better prediction of cross-app behavior can reduce the users' interaction burden.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to research into cross-app behavior, especially in the mobile search research domain.

Ongoing Information Search Motivation: An Influencer of Users’ Approval of Facebook Banner Adverts

Facebook is a leading social network site worldwide and Facebook users use this social medium for several interactional reasons like to socialize or access and share informative content with others. Several users participate in Facebook to fulfil their ongoing information needs. The current research investigates the ongoing information search motivation (OISM) as an influencer of users’ approval of Facebook banner advertising. To investigate the study phenomenon, primary data was collected through online survey questionnaires from 230 Facebook users in Pakistan. Structural Equation Modeling was conducted to examine the construct validity and to test the model and hypotheses. The results showed OISM as an important influencer of users’ attitude towards Facebook banner advertising. Moreover, the analysis also revealed that the Facebook banner ad informativeness mediated the relationship between users’ OISM and their attitudes toward Facebook banner advertising. Additionally, attitude towards Facebook banner advertising was also found to be influencing the users’ Facebook banner ad-click behavior. These findings can be beneficial to social media marketers and marketing managers to organize user-relevant Facebook banner ad content. The study findings can specifically be implied to social media customers in Pakistan.

Senses of Place: An Architectural Historian Before and During COVID-19

Senses of Place: An Architectural Historian Before and During COVID-19

Information, reflection, and successful job search: A labor market policy experiment

AbstractJobseekers, especially young people with little experience on the job market, face several challenges. They need to know which jobs are suited for them, where to find them, how to apply, and they need resilience in the face of repeated rejections. Previous research has shown that receiving information and reflecting on how to search for a job enhance self‐efficacy and search motivation, thereby reducing the duration of unemployment spells. Following up on these results, we conducted an experiment in cooperation with the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs which combines an “information nudge” in the form of a short video‐clip with what we call “reflection nudge” in the form of an online survey. We find that a treatment combining reflection and information reduces job search duration of young unemployed people with a low level of formal education. Considering the low costs of the intervention, efficiency is very high.

Does eliminating benefit eligibility requirements improve unemployed job search and labour market outcomes?

ABSTRACT Benefit eligibility requirements intend to incentivize the unemployed to find work more quickly. Our results, in an Australian context, suggest that those subjected to benefit eligibility requirements, despite searching at least as hard, take longer to find employment. Moreover, they spend less time in employment in the first twelve months and, if employed, have jobs with lower wages and fewer hours compared to otherwise similar unemployed without benefit eligibility requirements. Our findings are consistent with cognitive theories that emphasize that benefit eligibility requirements externalize job search motivation and increase stress, both of which reduce employment search effectiveness.

A temporal perspective of job search: The relation between personality attributes, motivation, job search behavior, and outcomes

Job search is a lengthy process in which self-regulation is needed to obtain reemployment. Time and motivation play an important role in how job seekers regulate their search behavior. Building on temporal motivation theory and self-determination theory we examined the relationship of time-related personality attributes, job search motivation, and their interaction with self-regulatory job search behaviors and subsequent outcomes of the job search process. In a three-wave field study among 397 unemployed job seekers, results showed that trait procrastination explained unique variance in job search procrastination and haphazard job search above and beyond future focus and autonomous job search motivation. Trait procrastination was also negatively related to reemployment status via increased job search procrastination and haphazard job search, and a reduced number of job interviews. Finally, the negative indirect relation between trait procrastination and reemployment status through job search procrastination, haphazard job search and job interviews, was less negative for job seekers who were more autonomously motivated to engage in job search. Our findings point to the importance of a temporal perspective of job search and suggest that the role of time-related personality attributes and motivation in the job search process should be considered in future research and practice.

Learning to keep the faith? Further education and perceived employability among young unemployed

To keep up job search motivation and maintain re-employment chances, it is important that unemployed individuals do not stop believing in their ability to (re)gain satisfying employment. This article examines whether further education during unemployment has a positive effect on perceived employability (i.e. the subjective assessment of one’s chances to obtain the desired job), based on a panel survey of unemployed young adults in Austria. The article finds that educational activities – either on own initiative or as part of an active labor market program – indeed help to sustain or even increase perceived employability. However, only for long-term programs do the effects persist beyond the duration of the activity. This study thus identifies substantial psychological side effects of active labor market policies involving further education, which could be used to increase actual employability.

Information, Reflection, and Successful Job Search: A Nudging Experiment

When searching for a new job, unemployed young people face several challenges. They need to know which jobs are suited for them, where to find them and how to apply. Furthermore, especially in times of weak labour markets, they need resilience against repeated rejections. Previous research has shown that receiving information and reflecting on how to search for a job enhance self-efficacy and search motivation, thereby reducing the duration of unemployment spells. Following up on these results, we conducted an experiment in cooperation with the Austrian Ministry for Social Affairs which combines an “information nudge” with what we call “reflection nudge”. Our target group comprised about 37,000 young adults who had recently become unemployed. We designed different treatments containing an info-clip and/or a short online questionnaire. Links to the treatments were sent out by email. At the end of a six-month observation period, we used register data to compare unemployment duration within the treatment groups and the control group. Indeed, we do find significant treatment effects for young unemployed people with a low level of formal education. While effect sizes are small, considering the low costs of the intervention, efficiency is very high.

An Empirical Study on Determining the Effectiveness of Social Media Advertising

The article proposes a conceptual model based on social media advertising, which examines the impact of some identified antecedents such as entertainment, informativeness, credibility, incentives, pre- purchase search motivation and social escapism motivation on attitude towards social media advertising and further see the impact on purchase intention. A quantitative approach of research was adopted, where data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 472 Indian social media users. The scales adapted from the previous studies were validated using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and then two-step structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied which included confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) followed by hypothesis testing in AMOS 22.0. The results indicated a significant role of informativeness, entertainment, credibility, incentives, pre- purchase search motivation and social escapism motivation in predicting attitudes towards social media advertising, further purchase intention was significantly predicted by attitudes towards social media advertising.

Experiences, Attitudes, and Behaviors of the Unemployed: The Role of Motivation and Psychological Needs.

Alleviating the psychological burden of unemployment and preventing the unemployed from withdrawing from the labor market remains a priority for unemployment researchers and practitioners alike. Job search motivation and the differential relationships with experienced psychological need satisfaction (and need frustration) potentially induce different well-being (i.e., experiences), attitudinal outcomes (i.e., employment commitment), and behavioral outcomes (i.e., job search intensity) in unemployment. This study examined if job search motivation relates to the experiences, attitudes, and behavior of the unemployed over time through basic need satisfaction and frustration. In a two-wave study (nT1 = 461; nT2 = 244), the results demonstrated that job search motivation has no relationship with the affective experiences, attitudes toward employment, and job search behavior over time. It also showed that only controlled motivation and amotivation were significantly related to need frustration. Finally, only psychological need satisfaction, and not the frustration of their needs, was significantly related to affective experiences over time. The implications for unemployment and self-determination theory research are discussed, and recommendations for practitioners are made.