Still feeling employable with growing age? Exploring the moderating effects of developmental HR practices and country-level unemployment rates in the age–employability relationship

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dc.contributor.authorDello Russo, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorParry, Emma
dc.contributor.authorBosak, Janine
dc.contributor.authorAndresen, Maike
dc.contributor.authorApospori, Eleni
dc.contributor.authorBagdadli, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorChudzikowski, Katherina
dc.contributor.authorDickmann, Michael
dc.contributor.authorFerencikova, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorGianecchini, Martina
dc.contributor.authorHall, Douglas Tim
dc.contributor.authorKaše, Robert
dc.contributor.authorLazarova, Mila
dc.contributor.authorReichel, Astrid
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T13:30:50Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T13:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-18
dc.description.abstractA compelling issue for organizations and societies at large is to ensure external employability of the workforce across workers’ entire work-life span. Using the frameworks of age norms, stereotyping and age meta-stereotypes, we investigate whether (a) age is negatively related to perceived external employability; and (b) the age-employability link is moderated by HR developmental practices (HRDPs) and unemployment rate. We argue that being aware of stereotypes and age norms in organizations, and holding also meta-stereotypes about their group, older workers perceive themselves as less externally employable. However, the context –HRDPs that one has experienced, and the country unemployment rate – would act as buffers. Using data from a large-scale survey from over 9000 individuals in 30 institutionally diverse countries, we found that the negative relationship between age and perceived external employability was significant across all countries. In addition, at the individual level, we found that HRDPs acted as a buffer for this negative relationship, such that the effect was less pronounced for individuals who have experienced more HRDPs during their working life. At the country level, the hypothesized moderating effect of unemployment rate was not observed. Limitations, future research directions, as well as practical implications of the study are discussed.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationDello Russo S, Parry E, Bosak J, et al., (2020) Still feeling employable with growing age? Exploring the moderating effects of developmental HR practices and country-level unemployment rates in the age–employability relationship. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 31, Issue 9, May 2020, pp. 1180-1206s (9).en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2020.1737833
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15471
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectPerceived external employabilityen_UK
dc.subjectageen_UK
dc.subjectdevelopmental HR practicesen_UK
dc.subjectunemployment rateen_UK
dc.subjectcross-country studyen_UK
dc.titleStill feeling employable with growing age? Exploring the moderating effects of developmental HR practices and country-level unemployment rates in the age–employability relationshipen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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