Psychological career resources and coping resources of the young unemployed African graduate: An exploratory study
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Psychological career resources and coping resources of the young unemployed African graduate: An exploratory study | |
| Creator | Coetzee, Melinde Esterhuizen, Kerith | |
| Description | Orientation: Youth unemployment in South Africa presents unique challenges to the young unemployed graduate and requires a range of psychological coping capacities from the young adult.Research purpose: This study explored the relationship between the psychological career resources(as measured by the Psychological Career Resources Inventory) and coping resources (as measured by the Coping Resources Inventory) of a sample of 196 young unemployed African graduates.Motivation for study: There is an increasing need for career counsellors and practitioners to explore the psychological attributes and career-related resources that young people employ or require to help them deal with the challenges posed by unemployment during the school-to-work transition phase of their lives.Research design, approach and method: A survey design and quantitative statistical procedures were used to achieve the research objective. Convenience sampling was used on a population of 500 unemployed graduate black people who attended a 12-week Work Readiness Programme (39% response rate).Main findings: Multiple regression analyses indicated that dimensions of psychological career resources contribute signifcantly to explaining the proportion of variance in the participants’coping resources scores.Practical implications: The insights derived from the findings can be employed by career counsellors and practitioners to construct a more comprehensive career framework for the individual in the school-to-work transition phase.Contribution/value-add: The findings add valuable new knowledge that can be used to inform career services concerned with guiding and counselling young graduates in the school-to-work transition phase. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2010-05-12 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajip.v36i1.868 | |
| Source | SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 36, No 1 (2010); 9 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200 | |
| Language | eng | |
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