The Impact of Academic Justice Climate on Employability: What Role Does Psychological Security and Psychological Resilience Play? — Oak Academic Publishing
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The Impact of Academic Justice Climate on Employability: What Role Does Psychological Security and Psychological Resilience Play?
School of Labor Relation and Human Resources, China University of Labor Relations, Beijing, China
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School of Economics, Peking University, China National Health Development Research Center, Beijing, China
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School of Business, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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School of Labor Relation and Human Resources, China University of Labor Relations, Beijing, China
1 School of Labor Relation and Human Resources, China University of Labor Relations, Beijing, China
2 School of Economics, Peking University, China National Health Development Research Center, Beijing, China
3 School of Business, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
4 School of Labor Relation and Human Resources, China University of Labor Relations, Beijing, China
Drawing on the conversation of resource theory, this study investigated the relationship between academic justice climate and their employability. We considered the potential mediating role of researchers’ psychological security and moderating role of their resilience. Using two-wave time-lagged data collected from 432 researchers in universities and research insinuations in China, we found that academic justice climate was positively related to researchers’ employability via increased psychological security. Resilience alleviated the positive relationship between academic justice climate and psychological security, and the mediating effect of academic justice climate on employability through enhanced psychological security. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings in final.
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