Learning Climate Perceptions as a Determinant of Employability: An Empirical Study Among European ICT Professionals

Claudia M. van Der Heijde, Beatrice van Der Heijden, Dora Scholarios, Nikos Bozionelos (), Aslaug Mikkelsen, Olga Epitropaki, Izabela Marzec, Piotr Jędrzejowicz, Jan C. Looise and Indic@tor Study Group ...
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Claudia M. van Der Heijde: UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam
Beatrice van Der Heijden: Radboud University [Nijmegen], Open University of the Netherlands [Heerlen], Kingston University [London]
Dora Scholarios: University of Strathclyde [Glasgow]
Nikos Bozionelos: EM - EMLyon Business School
Aslaug Mikkelsen: University of Stavanger
Olga Epitropaki: Durham University
Izabela Marzec: University of Economics in Katowice
Piotr Jędrzejowicz: Gdynia Maritime University
Jan C. Looise: University of Twente

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Abstract: This study investigated the role of age in the relationship between perceptions of learning climate and self- and supervisor-rated employability among European Information and Communication Technology (ICT) professionals. The psychological climate for learning was operationalized by three indicators, namely the perceptions that employees have of the learning value of their job, supervisor support for learning, and the organizational support for learning. As hypothesized, a Structural Equation Model demonstrated that the relationship between age and perceptions of learning climate was negative. The model also showed a strong positive relationship between learning climate and self-reported and supervisor-rated employability. Furthermore, learning climate perceptions appeared important for employability irrespective of life or career stage. An explorative bootstrapping-based test suggested that older workers with managerial responsibilities profit less from psychological learning climate for self-reported and supervisor-rated employability than older workers at non-managerial levels. These findings have important implications for human resource practices that aim to increase lifelong employability.

Keywords: multi-source ratings; ICT professionals; life-span perspective; learning climate; psychological climate; older workers; employability; career stages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12-20
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Published in Frontiers in Psychology, 2018, 9, ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02471⟩

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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02471

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