Associations between perceived employability, employee well-being, and its contribution to organizational success: A matter of psychological contracts?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1486-1503

  de Cuyper, Nele ^a   van der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^b,c,d   de Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employability; Organizational outcomes; Psychological contract; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957844218     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.561962     Document Type: Article

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