TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the role of social capital in adolescents' Big Five personality effects on school-to-work transitions
AU - Baay, Pieter E.
AU - Van Aken, Marcel A G
AU - De Ridder, Denise T D
AU - Van der Lippe, Tanja
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The school-to-work transition constitutes a central developmental task for adolescents. The role of Big Five personality traits in this has received some scientific attention, but prior research has been inconsistent and paid little attention to mechanisms through which personality traits influence job-search outcomes. The current study proposed that the joint effects of Big Five personality traits and social capital (i.e., available resources through social relations) would shed more light on adolescents' job-search outcomes. Analyses on 685 Dutch vocational training graduates showed that extraversion and emotional stability were related to better job-search outcomes after graduation. Some relations between Big Five personality traits and job-search outcomes were explained by social capital, but no relations were dependent on social capital. Social capital had a direct relation with the number of job offers. Contrary to popular belief, this study shows that Big Five personality traits and social capital relate to job-search outcomes largely independently.
AB - The school-to-work transition constitutes a central developmental task for adolescents. The role of Big Five personality traits in this has received some scientific attention, but prior research has been inconsistent and paid little attention to mechanisms through which personality traits influence job-search outcomes. The current study proposed that the joint effects of Big Five personality traits and social capital (i.e., available resources through social relations) would shed more light on adolescents' job-search outcomes. Analyses on 685 Dutch vocational training graduates showed that extraversion and emotional stability were related to better job-search outcomes after graduation. Some relations between Big Five personality traits and job-search outcomes were explained by social capital, but no relations were dependent on social capital. Social capital had a direct relation with the number of job offers. Contrary to popular belief, this study shows that Big Five personality traits and social capital relate to job-search outcomes largely independently.
KW - Big Five personality
KW - Job-search outcomes
KW - School-to-work transition
KW - Social capital
KW - Social relations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902385830&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.04.015
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.04.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 24837714
AN - SCOPUS:84902385830
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 37
SP - 739
EP - 748
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 5
ER -