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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
business, management and accounting
Perceived employability and performance: Moderation by felt job insecurity
Personnel Review, Volume 43, No. 4, Year 2014
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship perceived employability (the employee's perception about available job opportunities in the external labour market) and performance, accounting for felt job insecurity. Performance is conceptualized broadly in terms of optimal functioning (i.e. in-role performance and helping behaviour) and malfunctioning (i.e. organizational and interpersonal counterproductive work behaviour). Design/methodology/approach: Survey data were collected among 433 Romanian workers. Findings: The authors hypothesize and demonstrate that perceived employability relates positively to optimal functioning, but less so when workers feel insecure: highly employable workers may be high achievers, but withdraw from the organization when they feel insecure. Furthermore, the authors hypothesize that perceived employability relates positively to malfunctioning, the more so when workers feel insecure. Highly employable workers may care less about organizational norms, particularly when they see reasons to violate these norms: felt job insecurity may be such a reason. However, the interaction between perceived employability and felt job insecurity was not significantly related to malfunctioning. Instead, the authors established a main effect of perceived employability on both organizational and interpersonal counterproductive work behaviour. Originality/value: The paper concludes that perceived employability contributes to optimal functioning when workers feel secure, but it may also bring along some costs in the form of malfunctioning. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Authors & Co-Authors
De Cuyper, Nele
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Sulea, Coralia
Romania, Timisoara
Universitatea de Vest Din Timișoara
Philippaers, Kristien
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Fischmann, Gabriel
Romania, Timisoara
Universitatea de Vest Din Timișoara
Iliescu, Dragoş
Romania, Bucharest
Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative Din Bucuresti
De Witte, Hans
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Statistics
Citations: 79
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1108/PR-03-2013-0050
ISSN:
00483486
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative