Examination of The Relationships between Hopelessness, Attribution of Unemployment, Perceived Social Support, and Job Search Motivation in Unemployed.

Güldü Ö.

5. International Congress of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye, 21 - 22 Mayıs 2023, ss.156

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Ankara
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.156
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aimed to determine the relationships between hopelessness, perceived social support, attribution of unemployment, and job search motivation in the unemployed.

The study sample is composed of 232 (100 female and 132 male) unemployed. The mean age was 23.23 (N =3.96).

Attribution of the Unemployment Scale (Feather & Davenport, 1981), Beck Hopelessness Scale (Beck et al., 1974), Perceived Social Support Scale (Soygüt, 1989), and Job Search Motivation Scale (Feather & Davenport, 1981) were used in the data collection phase.

According to the results of the analysis, the relationship between external attributes, hopelessness, perception of social support, and job search motivation is positive and significant (r = .16, p<.05; r = .14, p<.05; r = .31**, p<.01, respectively). Similarly, perception of social support and job search motivation is positive and significant (r = .31**, p<.01).  However, hopelessness is significantly and negatively correlated to perception of social support (r = -.31**, p<.01). External attributes style positively predicted job search motivation (B= .535, SH = .128, t = 4.19, p<.001), and hopelessness (B= .236, SH = .076, t = 1.79, p<.01). The participant’s hopelessness, perception of social support, attribution of unemployment, and job search motivation differ according to gender. The mean score of external attributes (t = -4.57, p<.001), perception of social support (t = -4.37, p<.001), and job search motivation (t = -4.16, p<.001) of the female unemployed compared to the male unemployed is higher.

According to these results, those who lost their jobs during the pandemic COVID-19 or after tend to attribute this situation to external attributes rather than internal attributes. Although these people experience hopelessness, their perception of social support is high, and it has been observed that there is no decrease in their job search motivation. Compared with unemployed men, female unemployed tend to attribution of unemployment more to external attributes, and their perceptions of social support and job search motivation are also higher than males.