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Re-employment Willingness in Later Life: A Moderated Mediation Model of Employment Guidance in Taiwan

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  • Cheng-Wen Lee
  • Yuan-Chao Chi
  • Aileen Rachelle Aurelio Rabago

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Amid rapid population aging, re-integrating unemployed middle-aged and elderly individuals into the labor force has become a strategic priority for Taiwan’s socioeconomic sustainability. While employment guidance measures—such as counseling and career support—are widely deployed, their psychological mechanisms and contextual contingencies remain underexplored. Grounded in social-emotional selectivity and human capital theories, this study investigates how employment counseling and guidance influence re-employment willingness through the mediating role of future career opportunities, and how this process is moderated by personal traits (e.g., self-efficacy, resilience) and the socio-economic environment. Using PLS-SEM on survey data from 409 unemployed individuals aged 45+ in Taoyuan City, we find that: (1) both counseling (B = 0.21, p JEL classification numbers: J26, J64, I38.

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  • Cheng-Wen Lee & Yuan-Chao Chi & Aileen Rachelle Aurelio Rabago, 2026. "Re-employment Willingness in Later Life: A Moderated Mediation Model of Employment Guidance in Taiwan," Advances in Management and Applied Economics, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 16(2), pages 1-2.
    • Handle: RePEc:spt:admaec:v:16:y:2026:i:2:f:16_2_2
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    JEL classification:

    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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