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标题：How does the servant supervisor influence the employability of postgraduates? Exploring the mechanisms of self-efficacy and academic engagement
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作者：Lifeng Zhong ; Zhichao Qian ; Dongdong Wang 等
期刊名称：Frontiers of Business Research in China
印刷版ISSN：1673-7326
电子版ISSN：1673-7431
出版年度：2020
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：1-19
DOI：10.1186/s11782-020-00079-1
出版社：Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer-Verlag GmbH
摘要：Drawing on the conservation of resource theory, this study investigates the mediating effects of self-efficacy and academic engagement in the relationship between servant supervision and postgraduates’ employability. We conducted a field study with 598 postgraduates (students for the research-based master's degree and PhD candidates) enrolled in universities in China to test our hypotheses. We developed and tested a model contending that servant supervisors propagate servant supervision among postgraduates through postgraduates’ self-efficacy and academic engagement, which indirectly influences postgraduates’ employability. The results support the mediating effects of both self-efficacy and academic engagement on the relationship between servant supervision and postgraduates’ employability. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
关键词：Servant supervision; Self-efficacy; Academic engagement; Employability; Conservation of resource theory; Postgraduates; Leadership