The moderating role of employability in the association between job insecurity and exit, voice, loyalty and neglect

Berntson, Erik; Näswall, Katharina; Sverke, Magnus

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“…We controlled for several sample characteristics that have been found to co-vary with the variables examined in this study (e.g., Berntson & Näswall, 2010;Šverko et al, 2008;Wanberg, Hough, & Song, 2002): gender (0 = male, 1 = female), age (years), education (0 = up to high school, 1 = university) and length of unemployment (1 = up to one month, 2 = one to six months, 3 = six to twelve months, 4 = one to three years, 5 = more than three years).…”

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Searching for a Job on the Contemporary Labour Market: The Role of Dispositional Employability

Tomas¹,

Seršić

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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By acknowledging the uncertainty and unpredictability of the job search process in an unemployment setting, the present study explored the predictive strength of dispositional employability in job search behaviours. Dispositional employability has been recognized as a potentially important personal resource that promotes job opportunities. However, it has rarely been assessed in an unemployment setting to date. According to recent employability models that differentiate between distal (i.e., personal strengths) and proximal (e.g., perceived employability) determinants of behaviour on the labour market, we hypothesized that: (i) dispositional employability relates positively to job search intensity and (ii) perception of one's employment possibilities (i.e., perceived employability) serves as an explanatory mechanism of this relationship. The hypothesized structural model was tested among a heterogeneous sample of 533 unemployed persons in Croatia. The results of structural equation modelling provided support for our hypotheses: dispositional employability related positively to job search intensity via perceived employability. Accordingly, nurturing dispositional employability may be beneficial for unemployed persons as it relates positively to engagement in job search behaviour.

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Searching for a Job on the Contemporary Labour Market: The Role of Dispositional Employability

Tomas¹,

Seršić

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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“…Scholars have often advocated that the decline of job security has caused individuals to shift their focus away from the organization toward personal career development, causing employability to replace job security as a primary value and driver behind career management decisions (Baruch, 2001;Benson, 2006;Berntson, Naswall, & Sverke, 2010;Galunic & Anderson, 2000;Grote & Raeder, 2009;Iles, Forster, & Tinline, 1996;King, 2000;Waterman, Waterman, & Collard, 1994). As a result, workers today are highly focused on increasing their employability by developing transferable career competencies (Arthur et al, 1999;Kelan, 2008;Smith, 2010;Wittekind, Raeder, & Grote, 2010) and by staying continuously aware of their value in the workforce and potential avenues for career development (Eby, Butts, & Lockwood, 2003;Smith, 2010).…”

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Job Search and Voluntary Turnover in a Boundaryless World: A Control Theory Perspective.

DiRenzo¹,

Greenhaus²

2011

Academy of Management Review

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We propose a cybernetic model of job search and voluntary turnover that is based on the need to remain employable in a volatile economy. The model depicts the process by which individuals engage in ongoing cycles of job search activities that can increase the likelihood of voluntary turnover, which, in turn, provides opportunities to develop additional career competencies. We then examine the implications of the model for future research on the turnover process.

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“…Kalyal (2010), using data from 149 managers in a large Pakistani public sector organisation undergoing restructuring show that employability buffers the negative effects of job insecurity on the affective commitment to change. Using questionnaire data taken from 726 employees in Sweden, Berntson et al (2010) show that employability has a moderating impact on the effect of job insecurity on exit, voice and loyalty.…”

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Perceived Post-restructuring Job Insecurity: The Impact of Employees' Trust in one's Employer and Perceived Employability

Arnold¹,

Staffelbach²

2012

German Journal of Human Resource Management

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The aim of this study is to investigate whether trust in one's employer and also perceived employability are able to reduce employees' perceived post-restructuring job insecurity. Both, quantitative job insecurity (insecurity over the continuity of a job) and qualitative job insecurity (insecurity over the continuity of valued aspects of the job) are examined. Based on Lazarus' theory of stress, we predict that employees' trust in their employer, perceived levels of employability and the combination effect impacts employees' perceived post-restructuring quantitative and qualitative job insecurity. Results taken from a sample of 377 employees working in Switzerland who survived restructuring mostly support these hypotheses. In general, employees with a high level of trust in their employer and high level of perceived employability show lower post-restructuring quantitative and qualitative job insecurity. Moreover, results suggest a potentially important role for the multiplicative effects of trust in one's employer and perceived employability regarding the perception of qualitative job insecurity. Implications for both research and practice are discussed. The aim of this study is to investigate whether trust in one's employer and also perceived employability are able to reduce employees' perceived post-restructuring job insecurity. Both, quantitative job insecurity (insecurity over the continuity of a job) and qualitative job insecurity (insecurity over the continuity of valued aspects of the job) are examined. Based on Lazarus' theory of stress, we predict that employees' trust in their employer, perceived levels of employability and the combination effect impacts employees' perceived post-restructuring quantitative and qualitative job insecurity. Results taken from a sample of 377 employees working in Switzerland who survived restructuring mostly support these hypotheses. In general, employees with a high level of trust in their employer and high level of perceived employability show lower post-restructuring quantitative and qualitative job insecurity. Moreover, results suggest a potentially important role for the multiplicative effects of trust in one's employer and perceived employability regarding the perception of qualitative job insecurity. Implications for both research and practice are discussed. Wahrgenommene Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit nach Restrukturierungen: Der Einfluss von arbeitnehmerseitigem Vertrauen in den Arbeitgeber und wahrgenommener Arbeitsmarktfähigkeit

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The moderating role of employability in the association between job insecurity and exit, voice, loyalty and neglect

Cited by 145 publications

References 52 publications

Searching for a Job on the Contemporary Labour Market: The Role of Dispositional Employability

Searching for a Job on the Contemporary Labour Market: The Role of Dispositional Employability

Job Search and Voluntary Turnover in a Boundaryless World: A Control Theory Perspective.

Perceived Post-restructuring Job Insecurity: The Impact of Employees' Trust in one's Employer and Perceived Employability

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