Can College Students Benefit from Negative Events in Job Search? The Moderating Roles of Error Aversion and Social Comparison Orientation

Mengge Gan, Jing Qian, Bin Wang, Xinye Cai, Zijun Cai, Wenzhuo Niu, Business School, Beijing Normal University, Department of Management, Monash University, School of Management, Shanghai University

Journal of Career Assessment

Published online on June 09, 2026

Abstract

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In the increasingly competitive job market, college graduates inevitably encounter negative events of varying strengths in the job search process. The current study aims to explorehowandwhennegative event strength influences their job search ...