Contract type, perceived mobility and optimism as antecedents of perceived employability

Kaisa Kirves, Ulla Kinnunen and Nele De Cuyper
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Kaisa Kirves: University of Tampere, Finland; KU Leuven, Belgium
Ulla Kinnunen: University of Tampere, Finland
Nele De Cuyper: KU Leuven, Belgium

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2014, vol. 35, issue 3, 435-453

Abstract: This study aims to examine how contract type, perceived mobility and optimism are linked to perceived employability (PE). The pattern of results was investigated first cross-sectionally ( n = 1379, Time 1) and then longitudinally with a one-year time lag ( n = 803, Time 2) with a sample of Finnish university researchers and teachers. Moderated hierarchical regression analyses showed that perceived mobility was positively associated with PE among permanent workers but not among temporary workers, whereas optimism was positively related to PE among all the workers at both Time 1 and Time 2. In light of these results, it seems that permanent employees especially benefit from perceived mobility in terms of higher PE, whereas optimism is beneficial for all employees’ PE.

Keywords: Optimism; perceived employability; perceived mobility; temporary work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X13486702

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