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On the relationship between job resources and perceived employability: Evidence from a three- wave study

Perceiving many chances of a new job within the current organization (perceived internal employability ; PEI) or in another organization (i.e., perceived external employability ; PEE) represents a valuable asset to employee career success and well-being. In contrast, knowledge on how these perceptions can be nurtured lags behind. The present study aims to address this void by examining work environmental antecedents of PEI and PEE. In particular, departing from the Conservation of Resources theory and the job demands-resources model, we propose that organizations can enhance PEI/PEE by providing employees job resources that stimulate learning and personal development – job challenge, job autonomy, performance feedback and co-worker cooperation. We also account for the potential dark side of employability enhancement by proposing that those with higher PEI/PEE will in turn be more capable of obtaining additional job resources, a process that leads to increased polarization of the labor market. In all, we hypothesize that (1) job resources enhance PEI/PEE and that in turn (2) PEI/PEE enhance employees’ job resources. To test the hypothesized research model, we conducted a 3-wave cross-lagged panel study. Data was collected among Croatian white-collar employees who worked in 29 private sector organizations. Employees completed on-line kamenovquestionnaires three times spaced approximately six months apart (N1 = 2133 ; N2 = 1847 ; N3 = 1571). The results of the crosslagged structural equation modeling partially supported our hypotheses: coworker cooperation was related to higher PEI and PEE, whereas PEI was related to higher job challenge, job autonomy and performance feedback six months later. These results indicate that organizations can nurture employability perceptions by creating a cooperative work environment. In contrast, individuals with higher PEI are more capable of obtaining high quality jobs characterized by challenging assignments, autonomy and useful feedback.

Perceived employability ; Job resources ; Conservation of Resources theory ; three-wave cross-lagged panel study

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