Evaluating the employability paradox: When does organizational investment in human capital pay off?

Autor/inn/en	Rodrigues, Ricardo; Butler, Christina L.; Guest, David
Titel	Evaluating the employability paradox: When does organizational investment in human capital pay off? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Evaluation des Widerspruchs der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit. Wann zahlen sich betriebliche Bildungsinvestitionen aus?
Quelle	In: The international journal of human resource management, 31 (2020) 9, S. 1134-1156 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-5192; 1466-4399
DOI	10.1080/09585192.2019.1704825
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bindung; Bildungsertrag; Engagement; Investition; Personalentwicklung; Zwischenbetriebliche Mobilität; Arbeitsplatzwechsel; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Auswirkung; Konzeption; Reziprozität; Hochschulabsolvent; Mitarbeiter; Großbritannien
Abstract	"The paper explores the notion of the employability paradox which notes that while organizations investing in the career and competency development of their workforce can benefit from higher performance, they also risk losing more employable staff to competitors. Building on contributions from social exchange theory and signalling theory, we develop a model exploring the circumstances under which investment in career development benefits employees and organizations. We test our model in a longitudinal study following graduates entering the labour market. Our results show that when organizations signal that they care about employees by investing in their career development and individuals are receptive to such signals and proactively seek to manage their careers, investment in career development has a positive impact on organizational commitment and intention to stay with one? s employer. Our findings indicate that the idea of the employability paradox is simplistic and lacks theoretical and empirical support." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/3