Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants
IntroductionThe importance of employability within organizations is increasing, due to various developments that initiate organizational changes. This study focuses on the employability in the public sector. While there seems to be a clear need for an employable public sector workforce, up until now...
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| author | Brenda Vermeeren Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden |
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| description | IntroductionThe importance of employability within organizations is increasing, due to various developments that initiate organizational changes. This study focuses on the employability in the public sector. While there seems to be a clear need for an employable public sector workforce, up until now there is little empirical research into the employability of workers in this sector, and into which specific individual and organizational characteristics influence it.MethodsWe conducted structural equation modeling, using data from Dutch public sector employees (n = 13.471).ResultsOur outcomes show that public sector employees consider themselves to be reasonably employable internally, and that they rate their external employability slightly higher. Moreover, it was found that both individual (personality and risk-taking behavior) and organizational characteristics (transformational leadership and red tape) influence their employability.DiscussionThese results underline the dual responsibility of the employee and the organization in influencing workers’ employability within the public sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eec9a0aaa6e74935860cc8b43cae299c2022-12-22T04:41:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10416181041618Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinantsBrenda Vermeeren0Beatrice Van der Heijden1Beatrice Van der Heijden2Beatrice Van der Heijden3Beatrice Van der Heijden4Beatrice Van der Heijden5Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NetherlandsInstitute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NetherlandsFaculty of Management, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, NetherlandsDepartment of Marketing, Innovation and Organization, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumSchool of Business, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Business, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaIntroductionThe importance of employability within organizations is increasing, due to various developments that initiate organizational changes. This study focuses on the employability in the public sector. While there seems to be a clear need for an employable public sector workforce, up until now there is little empirical research into the employability of workers in this sector, and into which specific individual and organizational characteristics influence it.MethodsWe conducted structural equation modeling, using data from Dutch public sector employees (n = 13.471).ResultsOur outcomes show that public sector employees consider themselves to be reasonably employable internally, and that they rate their external employability slightly higher. Moreover, it was found that both individual (personality and risk-taking behavior) and organizational characteristics (transformational leadership and red tape) influence their employability.DiscussionThese results underline the dual responsibility of the employee and the organization in influencing workers’ employability within the public sector.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1041618/fullpersonalityrisk-taking behaviortransformational leadershipred tapeemployability competencesinternal employability |
| spellingShingle | Brenda Vermeeren Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden Beatrice Van der Heijden Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants Frontiers in Psychology personality risk-taking behavior transformational leadership red tape employability competences internal employability |
| title | Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants |
| title_full | Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants |
| title_fullStr | Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants |
| title_short | Employability in the public sector: The impact of individual and organizational determinants |
| title_sort | employability in the public sector the impact of individual and organizational determinants |
| topic | personality risk-taking behavior transformational leadership red tape employability competences internal employability |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1041618/full |
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