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Employability and Employees' Well-Being: Mediation by Job Insecurity
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.
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2008 (English)In: Applied Psychology: an international review, ISSN 0269-994X, E-ISSN 1464-0597, Vol. 57, no 3, p. 488-509Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The current study's aims are twofold: first, we investigate the relationship between employability and both work-related (engagement) and general (life satisfaction) well-being. Second, we study how employability may be relevant in times of high job insecurity. Specifically, we hypothesise (1) a positive relationship between employability and employees’ well-being, (2) a negative relationship between employability and job insecurity, and (3) a negative relationship between job insecurity and employees’ well-being, so that (4) job insecurity mediates the relationship between employability and employees’ well-being. Results based on a sample of 559 respondents from divisions of seven Belgian organisations support our hypotheses. We conclude that employability may be a means to secure one's labour market position, rather than a means to cope with job insecurity.

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2008. Vol. 57, no 3, p. 488-509
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job insecurity, employability, well-being
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-14721DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00332.xISI: 000256442000007OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-14721DiVA, id: diva2:181241
Available from: 2009-01-15 Created: 2009-01-15 Last updated: 2022-12-19Bibliographically approved

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