Ng and Feldman (2010) -> OE Flashcards
what is the definition of ‘job embededness’ according to Ng and Feldman (2010)?
job embededness is the extent into which an individual is entangled in their current job. reflects the engagement in the organization
What are the three organizational forces of job embededness that keep an employee at their job according to Ng and Feldman (2010)?
- fit: match between abilities and org requirements & between expectation and rewards
- links: number of ties with people and activities at work
- sacrifice: what has to be given up when leaving
What are four human capital activities according to Ng and Feldman (2010)?
1) training courses
2) work-based developmental activities
3) learning activities
4) career planning activities
what are the positive and negative impacts of job embededness according to Ng and Feldman (2010)?
+ rewards often aligned with financial succes of employer
+ stimulus to put in extra effort and better performance
+ lower turnover rate
- less external job mobility
Does higher embededness lead to less internal and less external social capital behavior according to Ng and Feldman (2010)?
higher embededness only led to less internal social capital behavior
what are two reasons on how high job embededness can lead to less external job mobility according to Ng and Feldman (2010)??
1) less opportunities to build a network outside their current job
2) often firm specific skills & human capital
Define social capital according the definition of Ng and Feldman (2010)?
interpersonal relationships that create value for individual employees
what are the two dimensions of social capital development behaviors according to Ng and Feldman (2010)?
- internal social capital development behaviours: building social ties within the org
- external social capital development behaviours: building social ties outside the org
What are the key findings of the article by Ng and Feldman (2010)?
- once managers are highly embedded they tend to engage less in behaviors that build internal social capital, but high embededness is not directly linked to decrease in behavior to build external social capital
- in contrary to the hypothesis; embededness is unrelated to human capital development behavior
- social capital and human capital are closely related
- when workers behaviors to build social capital decrease over time, the opportunities to build human capital decrease too
What are the limitations of the study by Ng and Feldman (2010)?
- research design is not longitudinal
- both behavior for human capital and social capital were self-reported
- objective or archival measures would have been useful
What are three findings of previous literature on organizational embededness according to Ng and Feldman (2010)
- OE has negative relation with job turnover intentions
- OE is beneficial for firms
- OE has a positive relation with job performance
