TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental proactivity and professional ability as older workers’ employability resources
T2 - A longitudinal study explaining career events
AU - Roobol, Conny
AU - Pruijt, H
AU - Koster, Ferry
AU - Leijten, F
N1 - No DOI available
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements: This work was financially supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, TOP Grant “Sustaining Employability” (NWO 407–13-021).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This four-year longitudinal study examines how two facets of employability-professional ability and developmental proactivity-are linked to career events among workers ages 45 years and older. We construe employability as a personal resource that predicts a higher likelihood of experiencing positive career events and a lower likelihood of experiencing negative ones. Results reveal that developmental proactivity leads to a higher probability of internal promotion, while professional ability leads to a lower probability of salary loss, demotion, and unemployment. The findings indicate that these two facets of employability can offer critical insights for understanding the career events of older workers.
AB - This four-year longitudinal study examines how two facets of employability-professional ability and developmental proactivity-are linked to career events among workers ages 45 years and older. We construe employability as a personal resource that predicts a higher likelihood of experiencing positive career events and a lower likelihood of experiencing negative ones. Results reveal that developmental proactivity leads to a higher probability of internal promotion, while professional ability leads to a lower probability of salary loss, demotion, and unemployment. The findings indicate that these two facets of employability can offer critical insights for understanding the career events of older workers.
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M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 64
EP - 88
JO - International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management
JF - International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management
SN - 1753-0296
IS - 2
ER -
