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Deciding Alone or with Others: Employment Anxiety and Social Distance Predict Intuitiveness in Career Decision Making

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  • Xiaoli Shu

    (School of Education Science, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou 521041, China
    School of Education, Research Institute of Macau Education Development, City University of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

  • Jun Peng

    (School of Education, Research Institute of Macau Education Development, City University of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

  • Guilin Wang

    (School of Education Science, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou 521041, China)

Abstract

Intuitive career decisions can influence people’s career choices and subsequent job competencies, which are related to their development and happiness. There is evidence that both anxiety and social distance influence intuitive career decisions individually, but it is unclear how employment anxiety and social distance influence intuitive career decisions individually and how they interact to influence intuitive career decisions. Drawing on the cognitive–emotional dual-system model, in this study, 298 college students and 386 senior job-seeking students were tested through behavioral experiments and questionnaires, respectively. The results showed that employment anxious individuals have a higher intuitive level in career decision making, and they also have a higher intuitive level when making career decisions for others at a far social distance. In addition, employment anxiety and social distance interact to influence the intuitiveness of career decision making. When making career decisions for themselves and those who are close to them, the increase in employment anxiety will increase the intuitive level. Therefore, in a non-anxious situation, you can make career decisions on your own or get help from someone close to you, but in anxious situations, you can turn to others who are at a far social distance to help make decisions.

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  • Xiaoli Shu & Jun Peng & Guilin Wang, 2023. "Deciding Alone or with Others: Employment Anxiety and Social Distance Predict Intuitiveness in Career Decision Making," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-15, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:1484-:d:1035013
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