AUTHOR=Akkermans Jos , Tims Maria , Beijer Susanne , De Cuyper Nele TITLE=Should Employers Invest in Employability? Examining Employability as a Mediator in the HRM – Commitment Relationship JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=10 YEAR=2019 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00717 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00717 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
This study investigates the relationship between perceived investments in Human Resource (HR) practices and workplace commitment, from the perspective of social exchange theory. An innovative feature is that we introduce perceived employability as a potential mediator, thus bringing in a career perspective: our argument is that perceived investments in HR practices promote feelings of employability, which then create workplace commitment. Based on a 6-week follow-up sample (