PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYABILITY: A CHALLENGE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

Within an increasingly fluctuating environment,
many companies try to direct their strategies
towards seeking flexibility in all fields. managing
the employees’ employability is one of the major
conditions for this flexibility. this, nonetheless,
requires a state of mind involving the responsibility
of both the company and the individuals.
Based on an empirical quantitative survey with a
sample of 224 executive in France, this article measures the main dimensions of employability and
main factors which can develop it. the article, consequently, provides managers with key management
tools in order to achieve sustainable employability
and suggests ways of adjusting these tools to the
dimensions of employability they want to encourage.