Paver Rachele, De Witte Hans, Rothmann Sebastiaan, Van den Broeck Anja, Blonk Roland Willem Bart
Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.
Research Group Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Front Psychol. 2020 Jul 14;11:1418. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01418. eCollection 2020.
No validated intervention that specifically addresses the psychosocial needs of unemployed people exists in the South African context. This study intends to evaluate an evidence-based job-search program, called the JOBS intervention, that is aimed at the self-efficacy, amotivation, and self-esteem related to participants searching for jobs. A quasi-experimental research design was used. Convenient samples were taken of unemployed individuals from two low-income communities ( = 130; experimental group = 69; control group = 61). The Qhubekela Phambili program, which is based on the JOBS program, was adapted for the South African context and was implemented over six 4-h sessions. Data collection took place pre- and post-intervention. One-way repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Those who had undergone the intervention showed statistically significantly higher levels of job-search self-efficacy and self-esteem. This study makes a novel contribution to the literature on the JOBS program, particularly regarding developing countries. This study showed that in a context characterized by poverty and a lack of support for the unemployed, the program also delivered promising results. It confirms previous findings that the JOBS program is suitable in a variety of labor market and economic conditions.
在南非的背景下，不存在专门针对失业者心理社会需求的有效干预措施。本研究旨在评估一项名为“就业干预”的循证求职计划，该计划旨在提高参与者求职过程中的自我效能感、无动机感和自尊。采用了准实验研究设计。从两个低收入社区抽取了便利样本（n = 130；实验组 = 69；对照组 = 61）。基于“就业计划”的“Qhubekela Phambili计划”针对南非背景进行了调整，并通过六个4小时课程实施。在干预前后进行了数据收集。使用单向重复测量多元方差分析来分析数据。接受干预的人在求职自我效能感和自尊方面在统计学上有显著更高的水平。本研究为关于“就业计划”的文献做出了新的贡献，特别是对于发展中国家。本研究表明在以贫困和缺乏对失业者支持为特征的背景下，该计划也取得了有希望的结果。它证实了先前的研究结果，即“就业计划”适用于各种劳动力市场和经济状况。
