ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1602620
The Impact of Humility Traits on Job Search Behavior in College Graduates: The Mediating Role of Job Search Clarity
Provisionally accepted
- Ningbo Childhood Education College, Ningbo, China
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This study explores the influence of humility traits on job search behavior among college graduates, with a focus on the mediating role of job search clarity. A sample of 406 college graduates was assessed using the Humility Scale, the Job Search Clarity Scale, and the Job Search Behavior Scale. The results reveal that: (1) humility traits, job search clarity, and job search behavior are positively and significantly correlated; (2) humility traits significantly enhance job search clarity; (3) job search clarity significantly positively predicts job search behavior; and (4) job search clarity mediates the relationship between humility traits and job search behavior. These findings underscore the importance of job search clarity in bridging humility traits with proactive job search outcomes.
Keywords: humility traits, Job search clarity, job search behavior, College graduates, Mediation analysis
Received: 24 Apr 2025; Accepted: 23 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zou, Wang, Xu and Zheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Wenqian Zou, Ningbo Childhood Education College, Ningbo, China
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