TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations between perceived employability, employee well-being, and its contributions to organizational success
T2 - A matter of psychological contracts?
AU - de Cuyper, Nele
AU - van der Heijden, Beatrice I.J.M.
AU - De Witte, Hans
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We investigated interactions between perceived employability and employees' perceptions about psychological contract obligations made by the employer in relation to life and job satisfaction, self-rated performance, and turnover intention. We hypothesized that perceived employability relates positively to job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and self-rated performance and negatively to turnover intention under the condition of many promises. Conversely, perceived employability relates negatively to job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and self-rated performance and positively to turnover intention under the condition of few promises. Analyses using a sample of 463 workers from seven Belgian organizations showed that perceived employability was positively related to all outcomes except job satisfaction. The number of promises was positively related to job and life satisfaction, and to self-rated performance, and negatively to turnover intention. Contradictory to our expectations, with the exception of turnover intention, the relationships between perceived employability and the outcomes were relatively stronger and positive under the condition of few promises compared with many promises.
AB - We investigated interactions between perceived employability and employees' perceptions about psychological contract obligations made by the employer in relation to life and job satisfaction, self-rated performance, and turnover intention. We hypothesized that perceived employability relates positively to job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and self-rated performance and negatively to turnover intention under the condition of many promises. Conversely, perceived employability relates negatively to job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and self-rated performance and positively to turnover intention under the condition of few promises. Analyses using a sample of 463 workers from seven Belgian organizations showed that perceived employability was positively related to all outcomes except job satisfaction. The number of promises was positively related to job and life satisfaction, and to self-rated performance, and negatively to turnover intention. Contradictory to our expectations, with the exception of turnover intention, the relationships between perceived employability and the outcomes were relatively stronger and positive under the condition of few promises compared with many promises.
KW - Employability
KW - Well being
KW - organizational outcomes
KW - psychological contract
KW - METIS-279772
KW - IR-83020
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2011.561962
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2011.561962
M3 - Article
SN - 0958-5192
VL - 22
SP - 1486
EP - 1503
JO - International journal of human resource management
JF - International journal of human resource management
IS - 7
ER -