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Job-search self-efficacy and reemployment willingness among older adults: roles of achievement motivation and age

Authors: Shen Liu, Zijing Hong, Wei Zhou, Yingfen Fang, Lin Zhang

Published in: BMC Geriatrics | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Background

The present study aimed to explore the relationship between job-search self-efficacy and reemployment willingness among older adults, as well as roles of achievement motivation and age in this relationship.

Methods

Three hundred and sixty-five Chinese retired older adults were recruited from five neighborhoods in a city via convenience sampling, and they were measured by the Job Search Self-Efficacy Scale and the Achievement Motivation Scale (AMS).

Results

Results revealed that job-search self-efficacy significantly positively predicted reemployment willingness. Achievement motivation played a partial mediating role in the relationship between the job-search self-efficacy and reemployment willingness. Age moderated the relationship between job-search self-efficacy and reemployment willingness.

Conclusions

These findings showed that increasing the job-search self-efficacy and achievement motivation could effectively promote older adults’ reemployment willingness. The present study provided a theoretical basis for caring for older adults’ reemployment willingness.

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Title: Job-search self-efficacy and reemployment willingness among older adults: roles of achievement motivation and age
Authors: Shen Liu
Zijing Hong
Wei Zhou
Yingfen Fang
Lin Zhang
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Geriatrics / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02645-5

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