The present study aimed not only to confirm the paths between theory of planned behavior variables and job search intention with a French sample, but also to test the moderating effects of job search experience and two personality dimensions (extraversion and conscientiousness) on these paths. One hundred and fifty-four participants rated these concepts on a series of scales. Results showed that the theory of planned behavior variables were significantly related to job search intention, and that extraversion and conscientiousness moderated the paths between attitude and job search intention. Results are discussed with reference to the literature and their practical implications. Unemployment is associated with lower levels of psychological health, lower levels of physical health, and an increased risk of suicide (Wanberg, 2012). This underscores the importance of investigating the determinants of successful job seeking in order to develop interventions that will help individuals find work. One relevant theory in this area is the theory of planned behavior (TPB) developed by Ajzen (1991). TPB states that intention is the proximal determinant of behavior, and is itself determined by three variables (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control). Azjen (1991) defines intention as the extent to which an individual is willing to try to perform a behavior, or the effort that he or she plans to allocate to performing that behavior. Attitude refers to the positive or negative evaluation of job seeking, and subjective norm to the perception of social pressure to perform (or not to perform) a behavior, and the desire to comply with that pressure. Perceived behavioral control is defined as "the perceived ease or difficulty of performing the behavior" (Ajzen, 2002, p. 665). According to Ajzen (1991), perceived behavioral control is compatible with the concept of self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997), which refers to "judgments of how well one can execute courses of action required to deal with prospective situations" (Bandura, 1982, p. 122) . Job search and the theory of planned behaviorTPB has been applied to job seeking, with researchers investigating the relationships between job search attitude, subjective norm, job search self-efficacy, intention to search for a job, and job search behaviors
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