The long arm of job insecurity: Its impact on career-specific parenting behaviors and youths’ career self-efficacy

an article by Xiuxi Zhao (Center for Creative Leadership, USA) and Vivien K.G. Lim and Thompson S.H. Teo (National University of Singapore) published in Journal of Vocational Behavior Volume 80 Issue 3 (June 2012)

Abstract

Applying a multiple-mediator model, we examine the mediating effect of three types of career-specific parenting behaviors: lack of engagement, support, and interference, on the relationship between paternal job insecurity and youths’ career self-efficacy.

Data were collected from a sample of undergraduate students and their fathers. Results of the full sample analysis showed that paternal job insecurity was positively related to lack of engagement and negatively related to support. The relationship between paternal job insecurity and interference was not significant. Sub sample analysis showed that the relationship between paternal job insecurity and career self-efficacy was mediated by lack of engagement for sons and mediated by support for daughters.

Highlights

• Paternal job insecurity is positively related to lack of engagement and negatively related to support.
• The relationship between paternal job insecurity and career self-efficacy is mediated by lack of engagement for sons.
• The relationship between paternal job insecurity and career self-efficacy is mediated by support for daughters.

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The influences of information literacy, internet addiction and parenting styles on internet risks

an article by Louis Leung and Paul S.N. Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong) published in New Media & Society Volume 14 Number 1 (February 2012)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine how demographics, addiction symptoms, information literacy, parenting styles and internet activities can predict ‘internet risks’.

Data were gathered from a probability sample of 718 adolescents and teenagers, aged 9–19 in Hong Kong, using face-to-face interviews. Results show that adolescents who are often targets of harassment tend to be older boys with a high family income. They are targets probably because they spend a lot of time on social networking sites (SNSs) and prefer the online setting. Adolescents who encounter a lot of unwelcome solicitation of personal or private information online tend to be older girls.

In information literacy, they are generally very competent with publishing tools but are not structurally literate, especially in understanding how information is socially situated and produced. Implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.

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