Keep the expert! Occupational expertise, perceived employability and job search: a study across age groups
| Autor: | Ans De Vos, Nele De Cuyper, Beatrice van der Heijden, Anneleen Forrier |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department Organisation, RS-Research Line Resilience (part of LIRS program) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
Value (ethics) CAREER SUCCESS Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management IMPACT War for talent Economics media_common.quotation_subject Perceived external employability Social Sciences 050109 social psychology Employability Structural equation modeling Moderating role of age Age groups Originality Business & Economics 0502 economics and business Perceived internal employability Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Occupational expertise PREDICTORS Association (psychology) media_common WORK 05 social sciences PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE INTENTION EFFICACY Management Job search intensity TURNOVER Institute for Management Research Social psychology BEHAVIOR 050203 business & management Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Psychology Applied Career development |
| Zdroj: | Career development international De Vos, A, Forrier, A, van der Heijden, B I J M & De Cuyper, N 2017, ' Keep the expert! Occupational expertise, perceived employability and job search : A study across age groups ', Career Development International, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 318-332 . https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-12-2016-0229 Career Development International, 22, 318-332 Career Development International, 22, 3, pp. 318-332 Career Development International, 22(3), 318-332. Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| ISSN: | 1362-0436 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/CDI-12-2016-0229 |
| Popis: | Purpose In the current war for talent employers are concerned about the idea that the best employees are more likely to leave the organization for another employer (i.e. the management paradox). This study tests this management paradox. The purpose of this paper is to advance our understandings of how employees’ occupational expertise is associated with job search intensity, through its assumed relationships with perceived internal and external employability in the internal and the external labor market. The authors thereby tested the research model across three different age groups (young, middle-aged, and senior employees). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a survey among 2,137 professional workers and applied multi-group structural equation modeling. Findings Perceived internal employability negatively mediated the relationship between occupational expertise and job search intensity, whilst there was a positive mediational effect of perceived external employability. Age had a moderating effect on the association between perceived internal employability and job search intensity. Research limitations/implications The findings contribute to the scholarly literature on the management paradox, and the empirical work on employability and age. Practical implications Organizations can recoup their investments in expert workers’ employability and enhance their retention by providing opportunities for internal career development. Originality/value This study is original by including both internal and external employability. By doing so, the authors thereby shedding new light on how occupational expertise might explain job search and how this relationship differs depending on employee age, thereby using a large sample of respondents. |
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