Job resources and perceived marketability: A multiple mediation model

This study aimed to examine the relationships among job resources, psychological capital, work engagement and perceived marketability. A sample of 577 subjects participated in the study. We used structural equation modelling to test a multiple mediation model. The results indicated that job resources were positively related to perceived marketability and that both psychological capital and work engagement mediated this relationship; specifically, job resources influenced participants’ perceived marketability through a multiple mediation effect by enhancing psychological capital and work engagement. This study developed an integrated model of the effect of job resources on employees’ perceived marketability in the Chinese context. It offered robust evidence for this effect by demonstrating the multiple sequential mediating roles of psychological capital and work engagement. This evidence contributes to the understanding of how and why job resource endowments influence employees’ perceived marketability.