Dispositional employability and online training purchase. Evidence from employees' behavior in Spain

This article explores the relationship between dispositional employability and online training purchase. Through a sample of 883 employees working for enterprises in Spain, and a using principal component analysis and binomial logit probabilistic models, the research revealed two main results. First...

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Autores: Torrent-Sellens, Joan, Ficapal-Cusi, Pilar, Boada-Grau, Joan
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/84238
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/84238
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:dispositional employability
online training
purchase
skills
career motivation
work resilience
work identity
Spain
disposició en l'ocupabilitat
formació en línia
adquisició
habilitats
motivació professional
resiliència laboral
identitat laboral
Espanya
disposición en la empleabilidad
formación en línea
adquisición
habilidades
motivación profesional
resiliencia laboral
identidad laboral
España
Employability
Col·locabilitat
Empleabilidad
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Resumo:This article explores the relationship between dispositional employability and online training purchase. Through a sample of 883 employees working for enterprises in Spain, and a using principal component analysis and binomial logit probabilistic models, the research revealed two main results. First, it was found that dispositional employability is characterized by five factors: 'openness to changes at work', 'career motivation and work resilience', 'work and career proactivity', 'optimism and engagement at work', and 'work identity'. Second, the research also found a double causality in the relationship analysis between dispositional employability and online training purchase. However, this causality is not direct. In explaining dispositional employability, certain motivations and types of behavior of employees participating in online training are significant. In particular, greater sensitivity toward career-related personal empowerment, a greater predisposition toward developing new experiences at work, and a greater awareness of the fact that positive job outcomes are related to preparation conscientiousness. In explaining online training purchase, employees who are more motivated and who better identify with their jobs are more likely to pay. Moreover, employees who spend more time on training and have less contact with new trends in their jobs, find it hard to keep calm in difficult situations, and have a greater predisposition toward effort, and preference for novelty, variety and challenges at work are more likely to purchase online training.