Antecedent and Consequence Factors of Sustainable Employability of Public Utility State Enterprise Employees
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This research article aims to (1) study the meaning, components, and antecedent and consequence factors of employees’ sustainable employability, (2) study and test the measurement models of sustainable employability, work-related flow, strength use, job crafting, and work engagement among employees, and (3) test the consistency of the causal relationship model of sustainable employability with empirical data. The study employed a quantitative research design, collecting data through questionnaires from 468 employees of state-owned enterprises in Thailand related to public utilities. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics through structural equation modeling analysis.
Findings are as follows: the causal relationship model of sustainable employability was consistent with the empirical data, with goodness-of-fit indices of χ²/df = 1.311, p-value = .060, RMSEA = .026, SRMR = .016, CFI = .997, TLI = .995, NFI = .989, and RNI = .997. In addition, it was found that (1) work-related flow had a statistically significant positive direct effect on sustainable employability; strength use had a statistically significant positive direct effect on sustainable employability; job crafting had a positive direct effect on sustainable employability but was not statistically significant; work-related flow had a statistically significant positive direct effect on work engagement; strength use had a positive direct effect on work engagement but was not statistically significant; job crafting had a negative direct effect on work engagement but was not statistically significant; and sustainable employability had a statistically significant positive direct effect on work engagement. Moreover, the model could explain 70.9% of the variance in sustainable employability and 80.5% of the variance in work engagement, which are considered high levels.
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