Can employability do the trick? Revealing paradoxical tensions and responses in the process of adopting innovative employability enhancing policies and practices in organizations.

Autor/inn/en	Peters, Pascale; Lam, Willem
Titel	Can employability do the trick? Revealing paradoxical tensions and responses in the process of adopting innovative employability enhancing policies and practices in organizations. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Kann Beschäftigungsfähigkeit es schaffen? Aufdeckung paradoxer Spannungen und Strategien bei der Einführung innovativer Praktiken zur Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit in Organisationen.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung, 29 (2015) 3/4, S. 235-258 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0179-6437; 1862-0000
Schlagwörter	Psychischer Faktor; Selbstverantwortung; Soziale Sicherung; Arbeitsbeziehung; Lernende Organisation; Personalmanagement; Personalpolitik; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Job-Rotation; Coaching; Abhängig Beschäftigter; Niederlande
Abstract	"This study uses a 'paradox lens' to contribute to employability debates in HRM by examining the effectiveness of employability enhancing policies and practices (hereafter EP&Ps) in three case organizations. We identify three organizing paradoxes reflecting the complexities of the Dutch economic, political and socio-cultural contexts. In line with the EP&Ps' competing goals, we label these: the '(inverted) flexibility/commitment paradox'; 'self-management/(human-resource) management paradox'; and the 'sustainability/effectiveness and efficiency paradox'. We further analyse how their underlying paradoxical tensions spill over and create role-performance, belonging and learning paradoxical tensions at the micro-level and how these cumulatively impact managers' and employees' responses to EP&Ps. We then explore how HRM tries to actively go beyond 'reinforcing paradox cycles' by creating awareness and stimulating contextual change to foster the wider adoption of EP&Ps. In conclusion, we argue that the paradox lens can inform HRM scholars and labour market stakeholders to search for innovative ways to study and govern contemporary employability issues." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/1