Employability capacities and organisational commitment foci of human human resource management professionals.

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Potgieter, I.L.
Coetzee, Melinde
Ferreira, Nadia

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2016

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en

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Employability Capacities , Graduateness , Human Resource Professionals , Organisational Commitment Foci , Career Foci

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This study explored the relationship between employees’ employability capacities and their organisational commitment foci. A convenience sample of 196 South African human resource professionals participated in the study, consisting of 73% females and 88% black African people, predominantly within their early career stages (aged > 45 years). Data on individuals’ employability capacities and organisational commitment were collected via questionnaires. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) was performed to assess the association between the variables of employability capacities and organisational commitment foci. Participants’ lifelong learning capacities (goal-directed behaviour and continuous learning orientation) were positively associated with their career commitment. This finding suggests that a strong lifelong orientation is likely to increase involvement in one’s occupation within the organisation, which contributes to organisational commitment. Lifelong learning capacities appear important to human resource professionals’ career development within their employer organisation.

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Potgieter, IL., Coetzee, M. & Ferreira, N. (2016). Employability capacities and organisational commitment foci of human human resource management professionals. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 26(5)

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Routledge

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1815-5626

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