Moderating role of LMX and proactive coping in the relationship between learning value of the job and employability enhancement among academic staff employees
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- Beatrice van der Heijden (UGent) and Daniel Spurk
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- Abstract
- Purpose Building upon a competence-based employability model and a social exchange and proactive perspective, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between learning value of the job and employability among academic staff employees. Moreover, this study also examined whether this relationship was moderated by leader-member exchange (LMX) and a proactive coping style. Design/methodology/approach An online self-report questionnaire with thoroughly validated measures was distributed among academic staff employees (n=139). Findings The results partially supported the specific study assumptions. Concrete, learning value of the job was positively related to anticipation and optimization, corporate sense and balance. LMX moderated the relationship between learning value of the job, on the one hand, and all employability dimensions, on the other hand. However, proactive coping only moderated the relationship with anticipation and optimization, flexibility and balance. In all cases, under the condition of high moderator variable levels, the relationship became stronger. Originality/value This study extends past employability research by applying an interactionist perspective (person: proactive coping style, context: LMX and learning value of the job) approach for explaining employability enhancement. The results of this scholarly work provide useful insights for stimulating future career development and growth, which is of upmost importance in nowadays' labor markets.
- Keywords
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Employability, Leader-member exchange, Academic staff, Learning value, Proactive coping style, LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE, SUBJECTIVE CAREER SUCCESS, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, PERCEIVED EMPLOYABILITY, MEDIATING ROLE, ORGANIZATIONAL-BEHAVIOR, WORK CHARACTERISTICS, SELF-MANAGEMENT, THINGS HAPPEN, LABOR-MARKET
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8638782
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- van der Heijden, Beatrice, and Daniel Spurk. “Moderating Role of LMX and Proactive Coping in the Relationship between Learning Value of the Job and Employability Enhancement among Academic Staff Employees.” CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL, vol. 24, no. 2, 2019, pp. 163–86, doi:10.1108/cdi-09-2018-0246.
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- van der Heijden, B., & Spurk, D. (2019). Moderating role of LMX and proactive coping in the relationship between learning value of the job and employability enhancement among academic staff employees. CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL, 24(2), 163–186. https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-09-2018-0246
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- Heijden, Beatrice van der, and Daniel Spurk. 2019. “Moderating Role of LMX and Proactive Coping in the Relationship between Learning Value of the Job and Employability Enhancement among Academic Staff Employees.” CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL 24 (2): 163–86. https://doi.org/10.1108/cdi-09-2018-0246.
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- van der Heijden, Beatrice, and Daniel Spurk. 2019. “Moderating Role of LMX and Proactive Coping in the Relationship between Learning Value of the Job and Employability Enhancement among Academic Staff Employees.” CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL 24 (2): 163–186. doi:10.1108/cdi-09-2018-0246.
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- 1.van der Heijden B, Spurk D. Moderating role of LMX and proactive coping in the relationship between learning value of the job and employability enhancement among academic staff employees. CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2019;24(2):163–86.
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- [1]B. van der Heijden and D. Spurk, “Moderating role of LMX and proactive coping in the relationship between learning value of the job and employability enhancement among academic staff employees,” CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 163–186, 2019.
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