Increasing Refugees’ Work and Job Search Self-Efficacy Perceptions by Developing Career Adaptability

Roberta Morici, Davide Massaro, Federico Brajda Bruno and Diego Boerchi
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Roberta Morici: Faculty of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy
Davide Massaro: Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy
Federico Brajda Bruno: Faculty of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy
Diego Boerchi: Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Today’s unstable labor market increasingly requires flexibility and adaptability to cope with the threat of unemployment. Though this threat can cause distress in many people, its negative impact is even more significant on vulnerable workers such as refugees. This study aimed to explore if a career counseling intervention designed for refugees (CCfR) preceded increases in career adaptability and, therefore, perceptions of both work self-efficacy (WSe) and job search self-efficacy (JSSe). The study was conducted in Italy and involved a sample of 233 refugees, who were asked to respond to a questionnaire available in three languages (Italian, French, and English). Data analysis showed that improvement was demonstrated in all the variables considered, namely, career adaptability (composed by concern, control, confidence, and curiosity), WSe, and JSSe. In addition, the increase in career adaptability explained the increase in refugees’ WSe and JSSe; at the opposite, only the initial level of curiosity was found to explain the increase in WSe, while JSSe was completely independent from the initial level of the career adaptability.

Keywords: refugees; career adaptability; resettlement success; labor market integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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