Contradictory Aspects of Job Searching in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Relationships between Perceived Socioeconomic Constraints, Work Volition, and the Meaning of Work

Pilhyoun Yoon and Juhee Hahn
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Pilhyoun Yoon: Department of Secretary, Inha Technical College, Incheon 22212, Korea
Juhee Hahn: College of Business and Economics, Chung Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is changing many aspects of our lives. The hiring and job searching situation is no exception. This study investigated somewhat contradictory aspects of self-determination and circumscription and compromise in the context of job searching and recruitment in South Korea’s COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this study aimed to examine the effects of variables that control work volition, and the ways in which work volition is related to perceived socioeconomic constraints and the meaning of work, in female college students looking for a job in South Korea. Furthermore, we explored the implications for job searching and corporate personnel management in the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, this study intended to contribute theoretically and practically to self-determination, and circumscription and compromise theory, and to suggest future research directions.

Keywords: self-determination; circumscription and compromise theory; socioeconomic constraints; work volition; meaning of work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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