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The employability paradox
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23249 The employability paradox Sutherland, Margie upetd@up.ac.za Sieber, Louisa UCTD Employment Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Human assets are a source of competitive advantage to the firm. Studies have found that to attract and retain talented employees, firms need to offer more than just money – they need to offer challenging roles and development opportunities. However, the more organisations invest in an employee’s growth and development the more the employee is able to contribute to organisational goals, but their attractiveness to alternative employers and their capability of finding alternative employment (their employability) also increases. This is the paradox central to this study. The study explores the dilemma of employability and how the employer can meet the needs of the knowledge worker whilst realising a firm specific competitive advantage through protecting the firms return on investment in employee development. The information obtained from the literature was used as a basis for the construction of a de jure model, which indicates which strategies or best practices used by firms in responding to or managing the employability paradox, meet the needs of the knowledge worker and/or employing firm. This model was utilised as a discussion framework during eighteen expert interviews. The outcome of the primary data allowed for the validation and extension of the de jure model into an integrated and more robust de facto model. The research affirms the existence of the employability paradox and provides examples of how the paradox is manifested within firms. Strategies and best practices used by firms in managing this paradox are integrated into a practical framework which indicates whether these strategies meet the needs of the firm and/or the knowledge worker. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:49:14Z 2010-06-03 2013-09-06T14:49:14Z 2010-03-16 2010-06-03 2010-03-16 Dissertation Sieber, L 2008, The employability paradox, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23249 > G10/88/mh http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23249 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-160056/ © 2008, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Employment The employability paradox |
| title | The employability paradox |
| title_full | The employability paradox |
| title_fullStr | The employability paradox |
| title_full_unstemmed | The employability paradox |
| title_short | The employability paradox |
| title_sort | employability paradox |
| topic | UCTD Employment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23249 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-160056/ |