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Edwin A. J. van Hooft

Edwin A. J. van Hooft

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Psychology

D-Index
33
Citations
4759
World Ranking
10536
National Ranking
463

Overview

Edwin A. J. van Hooft is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Psychology, with particular attention to topics related to employment, organizational behavior, and workplace well-being.

Their recent publications include a range of articles addressing job search processes and career development. Notable papers are:

  • Job search and employment success: A quantitative review and future research agenda., 2020, Journal of Applied Psychology
  • How to successfully manage the school-to-work transition: Integrating job search quality in the social cognitive model of career self-management, 2021, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • A temporal perspective of job search: The relation between personality attributes, motivation, job search behavior, and outcomes, 2020, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • How to minimize job insecurity: The role of proactive and reactive coping over time, 2022, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • In the Eye of the Beholder: Leader Error Orientation, Employee Perception of Leader, and Employee Work-Related Outcomes, 2021, Academy of Management Discoveries

They frequently publish in various scholarly venues, including:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • Gedrag & Organisatie
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Applied Psychology

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with several researchers, such as:

  • A.E.M. van Vianen
  • Matthijs de Hoog
  • Greet Van Hoye
  • Judith B. Langerak
  • Daan A. H. Fris

Van Hooft's research spans numerous subfields within psychology, including General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Demography, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their scholarly focus is reflected in the topics they cover, which include:

  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Medical Education and Admissions

Best Publications

  • The job-search grind: perceived progress, self-reactions, and self-regulation of search effort

    Connie R. Wanberg;Jing Zhu;Edwin A. J. van Hooft

  • Networking as a job search behaviour: A social network perspective

    Greet Van Hoye;Edwin A. J. van Hooft;Filip Lievens

  • PREDICTORS OF JOB SEARCH BEHAVIOR AMONG EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE

    Edwin A. J. Van Hooft;Marise Ph. Born;Toon W. Taris;Henk Van Der Flier

  • Not doing bad things is not equivalent to doing the right thing: distinguishing between inhibitory and initiatory self-control

    Denise T.D. de Ridder;Benjamin J. de Boer;Peter Lugtig;Arnold B. Bakker

  • Boredom at work: Proximal and distal consequences of affective work-related boredom.

    Madelon L. M. van Hooff;Edwin A. J. van Hooft

  • The Effects of Goal Orientation on Job Search and Reemployment: A Field Experiment Among Unemployed Job Seekers

    Edwin A. J. van Hooft;Gera Noordzij

  • Bridging the gap between intentions and behavior: Implementation intentions, action control, and procrastination

    Edwin A.J. van Hooft;Marise Ph. Born;Toon W. Taris;Henk van der Flier

  • Job search and the theory of planned behavior: Minority–majority group differences in The Netherlands

    Edwin A.J. van Hooft;Marise Ph. Born;Toon W. Taris;Henk van der Flier

  • Moving beyond job search quantity: Towards a conceptualization and self-regulatory framework of job search quality

    Edwin A. J. Van Hooft;Connie R. Wanberg;Greet van Hoye

  • Job search and employment success: A quantitative review and future research agenda.

    Edwin A. J. van Hooft;John D. Kammeyer-Mueller;Connie R. Wanberg;Ruth Kanfer

  • Predicting job seeking for temporary employment using the theory of planned behaviour: The moderating role of individualism and collectivism

    Edwin A. J. Van Hooft;Mireille De Jong

  • Predictors and outcomes of job search behavior: The moderating effects of gender and family situation

    Edwin A.J. Van Hooft;Marise Ph. Born;Toon W. Taris;Henk van der Flier

  • Ethnic and gender differences in applicants' decision-making processes: An application of the theory of reasoned action

    Edwin A. J. Van Hooft;Marise Ph. Born;Toon W. Taris;Henk Van der Flier

  • Intentional response distortion on personality tests: using eye-tracking to understand response processes when faking.

    Edwin A. J. van Hooft;Marise Ph. Born

  • The Effects of a Learning-Goal Orientation Training on Self-Regulation: A Field Experiment Among Unemployed Job Seekers

    Gera Noordzij;Edwin A. J. van Hooft;Heleen van Mierlo;Arjan van Dam

  • Navigating the Black Hole: Explicating Layers of Job Search Context and Adaptational Responses

    Connie R Wanberg;Gokce Basbug;Edwin A J Van Hooft;Archana Samtani

  • The state of boredom: Frustrating or depressing?

    Edwin A. J. van Hooft;Madelon L. M. van Hooff

  • Recruiting highly educated graduates: a study on the relationship between recruitment information sources, the theory of planned behavior, and actual job pursuit

    Yasmina Jaidi;Edwin A. J. Van Hooft;Lidia R. Arends

  • Stop and start control: A distinction within self‐control

    Benjamin J. de Boer;Edwin A. J. van Hooft;Arnold B. Bakker

  • Construct validity of multi-source performance ratings: an examination of the relationship of self-, supervisor-, and peer-ratings with cognitive and personality measures

    Edwin A. J. van Hooft;Henk van der Flier;Marjolein R. Minne

  • Predicting applicants’ job pursuit behavior from their selection expectations: the mediating role of the theory of planned behavior

    Bert Hj Schreurs;Eva Derous;Edwin A.J. Van Hooft;Karin Proost

Frequent Co-Authors

Marise Ph. Born
Marise Ph. Born Erasmus University Rotterdam
Connie R. Wanberg
Connie R. Wanberg University of Minnesota
Toon W. Taris
Toon W. Taris Utrecht University
Annelies E.M. van Vianen
Annelies E.M. van Vianen University of Amsterdam
Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ute-Christine Klehe
Ute-Christine Klehe University of Giessen
Astrid C. Homan
Astrid C. Homan University of Amsterdam
Filip Lievens
Filip Lievens Singapore Management University
Mo Wang
Mo Wang University of Florida
John D. Kammeyer-Mueller
John D. Kammeyer-Mueller University of Minnesota

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