Managing employees’ employability: Employer and employee perspectives

J. Van Harten; Brenda Vermeeren

doi:10.1093/oso/9780192893420.003.0015

Managing employees’ employability: Employer and employee perspectives

J. Van Harten
, Brenda Vermeeren

UU LEG Research USG Public Matters

Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Abstract

This chapter uses research findings and examples from practice to provide a state-of-the-art overview of public sector workers’ employability and its determinants and outcomes. Employability is attracting growing attention from both public and private sector organizations. However, scarce research attention has been paid to the importance and features of the employability of employees in public organizations. Scholars regard and study employability mostly as an issue for business organizations. This chapter demonstrates, among other things, that both in research and in practice, employability is predominantly treated in a generic, non-sector-specific way. This leads to a call for public sector-specific studies and comparative research across countries and sectors. The chapter ends with proposals for future research and policy agendas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Managing for Public Service Performance
Subtitle of host publication	How People and Values Make a Difference
Editors	Peter Leisink, Lotte B. Andersen, Gene A. Brewer, Christian B. Jacobsen, Eva Knies, Wouter Vandenabeele
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	15
Pages	278-296
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9780192893420
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192893420.003.0015
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

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Keywords

Competences
Employability
Employability policy
Employment opportunities
Movement capital
Public sector
Public sector employees

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Van Harten, J., & Vermeeren, B. (2021). Managing employees’ employability: Employer and employee perspectives. In P. Leisink, L. B. Andersen, G. A. Brewer, C. B. Jacobsen, E. Knies, & W. Vandenabeele (Eds.), Managing for Public Service Performance: How People and Values Make a Difference (pp. 278-296). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192893420.003.0015

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Managing employees’ employability: Employer and employee perspectives. / Van Harten, J.; Vermeeren, Brenda.
Managing for Public Service Performance: How People and Values Make a Difference. ed. / Peter Leisink; Lotte B. Andersen; Gene A. Brewer; Christian B. Jacobsen; Eva Knies; Wouter Vandenabeele. Oxford University Press, 2021. p. 278-296.

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