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dc.contributor.authorFieseler, Christian
dc.contributor.authorMeckel, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Severina
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-09T15:02:32Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-10T11:45:33Z
dc.date.available2015-01-09T15:02:32Z
dc.date.available2015-03-10T11:45:33Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationComputers in Human Behavior, 41(2014):164-176nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0747-5632
dc.identifier.issn1873-7692
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/278800
dc.descriptionThis is the authors’ accepted, refereed manuscript to the articlenb_NO
dc.description.abstractUnemployment is an unfortunate reality, whose overcoming often depends on social support, among other factors. Online social media, such as social network sites and communities, may offer an additional source of such support for unemployed people. This paper posits that online social support plays an important role in unemployed people’s ability to cope with unemployment and search for new employment. The paper develops and tests a structural equation model of the influence of online-mediated, enabling and caring social support on job search self-efficacy, which may foster the job search behaviour of unemployed persons. In addition, we control for gender, age, user experience, and attitude towards the Internet. Based on 1,322 telephone interviews with unemployed individuals in Germany, we find that online social support drives job search behaviour. Our results show that social support derived from new information and communication technology counteracts the adverse effect of being unemployed to a certain degree. Enabling support and caring support experienced through social media both lead to higher job search self-efficacy, which, in turn, fosters job search behaviour. Furthermore, our model shows that these relationships differ by gender, age, user experience, and attitude towards the Internet.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherElseviernb_NO
dc.titleWith a little help of my peers. The supportive role of online contacts for the unemployednb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.date.updated2015-01-09T15:02:32Z
dc.source.journalComputers in Human Behaviornb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.017
dc.identifier.cristin1162219
dc.description.localcode1, Forfatterversjonnb_NO


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