ERIC Number: EJ1220619
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 15
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Job Insecurity and the Willingness to Undertake Training: The Moderating Role of Perceived Employability
Van Hootegem, AnahÃ; De Witte, Hans; De Cuyper, Nele; Elst, Tinne Vander
Journal of Career Development, v46 n4 p395-409 Aug 2019
This study investigates the relationship between job insecurity and the willingness to undertake training, accounting for perceived employability. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we hypothesize that job insecurity negatively relates to the willingness to participate in training to strengthen the internal and external labor market position and that perceived employability has a buffering effect on this relationship. The hypotheses were tested among 560 Belgian employees using structural equation modeling. The results did not provide support for the relationship between job insecurity and the willingness to undertake training to strengthen the position inside the organization. We did, contrary to expectations, find a significant positive relationship with the willingness to undertake training to strengthen the position outside the organization. Furthermore, the relationship between job insecurity and the willingness to undertake training to strengthen the external labor market position was weaker with increasing levels of perceived employability.
Descriptors: Employees, Employment, Job Security, Career Development, Workplace Learning, Employment Potential, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Job Training
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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