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abstract: 'Purpose - Individual employability has become a crucial element in
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ensuring labor security in flexibilizing labor markets. The importance
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of agency-side factors as antecedents of employability has been
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emphasized in the relevant literature, spurring the criticism that some
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worker groups may be more restricted than others by contextual factors
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in respect to their employment prospects. The purpose of this paper is
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to examine empirically how labor market groups differ in what shapes
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their employability.
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Design/methodology/approach - The authors used a representative sample
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of 1,055 employees to detect differences in the impact of career
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self-directedness (agency-side) and several contextual factors
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(structure-side) on employability, comparing workers with and without
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higher education and workers in and outside managerial positions.
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Confirmatory factor analysis with subsequent tests of invariance was
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used.
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Findings - Results confirm that employability is affected both by
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contextual factors and by self-directedness. No significant differences
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were observed between the compared groups in the extent to which
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self-directedness and the contextual factors influence employability. An
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important finding is that self-directedness itself is affected by
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preceding career history (career mobility and previous unemployment),
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which may suggest a vicious-circle relationship between past and future
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career precariousness.
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Practical/implications - The findings support the view prevailing in
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policy circles that fostering agency-side factors such as
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self-directedness is instrumental toward achieving higher employment
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security. At the same time, individual agency cannot replace traditional
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policy measures in tackling structural labor market inequalities.
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Originality/value - This study uses robust methodology and a
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representative respondent sample to statistically disentangle the
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effects of agency and context on employability. Its key contribution
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pertains to the explicit comparison of different worker groups, with
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separate contrasts on each model parameter.'
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affiliation: 'Kovalenko, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Antwerp, Fac Social Sci, Dept
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Sociol, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Kovalenko, Maxim; Mortelmans, Dimitri, Univ Antwerp, Fac Social Sci, Dept Sociol,
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Antwerp, Belgium.'
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author: Kovalenko, Maxim and Mortelmans, Dimitri
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author-email: maxim.kovalenko@uantwerpen.be
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author_list:
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- family: Kovalenko
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given: Maxim
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- family: Mortelmans
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given: Dimitri
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1108/CDI-01-2016-0012
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eissn: 1758-6003
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files: []
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issn: 1362-0436
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journal: CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL
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keywords: 'Employability; Agency and structure; Career self-directedness; Labor
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market strata; New career; New employment relationship'
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keywords-plus: 'BOUNDARYLESS CAREERS; PERCEIVED EMPLOYABILITY; ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT;
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MOBILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYEES; ASSOCIATIONS; SATISFACTION;
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MANAGEMENT; OUTCOMES'
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language: English
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number: '5'
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number-of-cited-references: '73'
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orcid-numbers: 'Mortelmans, Dimitri/0000-0003-3285-8223
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Kovalenko, Maxim/0000-0002-1527-8860'
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pages: 498-517
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papis_id: cd2db411f0caf92b6be2563ea856690c
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ref: Kovalenko2016contextualizingemplo
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researcherid-numbers: 'Mortelmans, Dimitri/B-3860-2010
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Kovalenko, Maxim/R-7386-2016'
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times-cited: '17'
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title: Contextualizing employability Do boundaries of self-directedness vary in different
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labor market groups?
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000386016200004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '22'
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volume: '21'
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web-of-science-categories: Psychology, Applied; Management
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year: '2016'
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