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The Changing Role of Personal Resources in Perceived Employability of Young People in Different Labor Conditions
Low, T. H., J. Ramos and A. Hernández
Source: Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Abstract

Personal resources and labor market are factors that contribute to perceived employability. However, how changing labor market conditions affect the relationship between personal resources like career enhancing strategies, personal initiative, and career passivity with self-perceived employability remains unclear. Recent events in Spain give an opportunity to examine if personal resources predict perceived employability differently during normal and harsh labor conditions. Two representative samples of young people were surveyed during a normal labor condition (in 2008, before the big recession, n = 1,992) and a harsh condition (in 2011, with 46% young unemployment rate, n = 1,208). We carried out a multi-group regression in AMOS, and regression coefficient comparisons. Results showed no difference in how career-enhancing strategies predict employability in both conditions. Personal initiative predicts perceived employability only in a normal condition, whereas career passivity increase its predictive strength on employability during a harsh labor condition. Findings can be useful for career services in offering more targeted support to young people when labor conditions become challenging.

Recommended citation

Low, T. H., J. Ramos and A. Hernández (2020). «The Changing Role of Personal Resources in Perceived Employability of Young People in Different Labor Conditions=El rol cambiante de los recursos personales en la empleabilidad percibida de los jóvenes en diferentes condiciones del mercado de trabajo». Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology = Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones 36, n.º 2 (August): 169-179.