2024/10/01 by Bin Ling, Xiang Ao, Ziqian Liu
Psychology · Arts and Humanities · Business, Management and Accounting · #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience #Diverse Music Education Insights #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
paper · doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104568
This research investigates the relationship between music preference strength and job search reactions, specifically stress and knowledge-skill development, with career adaptability as a mediating factor. Results obtained using a two-wave data collection procedure (wave one: N = 337; wave two: N = 188; the final sample size after matching: N = 182) reveal that music preference strength is positively correlated with career adaptability, which significantly mediates the relationship between music preference strength and both lower job search stress and greater knowledge-skill development. These findings suggest that fostering strong music preferences is associated with enhanced career adaptability, which predicts reduced stress and improved skill development during job searches. However, limitations to this research, such as the two-wave design and the exclusion of other theoretical explanations, call for caution in generalizing these results and interpreting causal relationships. • Two wave study examining the effect of strength of music preference on job search reactions. • Career adaptability as a mediator of strength of music preference is developed. • Strength of music preference negatively predicted job search stress indirectly via career adaptability. • Strength of music preference positively predicted knowledge-skill development indirectly via career adaptability.