Impact of Career Adaptability on Employee Performance: The Moderating Role of HR Practices

Abstract

The research aims to observe the impact of career adaptability on employee performance using organizational commitment as the mediator. This study also attempts to investigate human resource practices as a moderator in the association between career adaptability and organizational commitment. The survey was conducted among employees working in different Indian firms. Findings of this research reveal that organizational commitment acted as a mediator in the positive association of organizational commitment with career adaptability. Employee performance is found to be positively influenced by organizational commitment while organizational commitment is found to be positively influenced by career adaptability. The findings of this research present testimony for the hypothesized moderating role of human resource practices only in the case of opportunity-enhancing human resource practices. The connection of career adaptability with organizational commitment is found to be positive only for high and medium opportunity-enhancing HR practices.

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Career adaptability organizational commitment employee performance HR practices

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