Exploring the relationship between employability and organizational commitment. A quantitative study on the effect of employability on organizational commitment, moderated by age
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2019-07-01
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en
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This master thesis deals with the effect of the five dimensions of employability on employees’ organizational commitment, with a possible moderating effect of age. Here, the relationship between employability and organizational commitment has been based upon the Social Exchange Theory. If employers facilitate the growth of their employees’ employability, they expect a favor of their employees in return. In this research, this favor was expected to be employees’ organizational commitment. In order to find out if a relationship between employability and organizational commitment exists and if this relationship differs for younger and older workers, two hypotheses have been formulated. For this study, the respondents have been categorized as either younger or older workers. The results showed that three out of the five dimensions of employability have a positive effect on employees’ organizational commitment. Nevertheless, there was no moderating effect of age on this relationship. Since the relationship between employability and commitment has not been studied before, this research contributes to the existing literature. Additionally, these results can support employers and HR managers to retain their employees and improve their employees’ organizational commitment by enhancing the growth of their employees’ employability, focusing on these three dimensions.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen