Toward a mediation model of employability enhancement: A study of employee-supervisor pairs in the building sector

Beatrice I.J.M. Van Der Heijden, Arnold B. Bakker

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Abstract

This study examines whether jobs that enable competence development and a constructive leadership style enhance workers' employabiliry or career potential through their assumed positive relationship with work-related flow (absorption, work enjoyment, and intrinsic work motivation). The authors conducted an explorative study with 303 pairs of employees and their direct supervisors working in a Dutch building company. Results indicate that self-ratings of learning value of the current job and transformational leadership have an indirect relationship with supervisor ratings of employability through work-related flow.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)232-248
Number of pages17
JournalCareer Development Quarterly
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Applied Psychology
  • General Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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