Fluctuating demands and fast changing job-requirements require organizations to invest in employees so that they are able to take up new tasks. In this respect, fostering employees’ employability is high on the agenda of many organizations. As a prerequisite for creating employability, many scholars have focused on the role of social informal learning. In this study, we extend this perspective and examine the relationships between task variety, social informal learning, and employability. We hypothesized that task variety is a catalyst for social informal learning, which in turn enhances employees’ employability. We contribute empirical evidence for this mechanism. However, while task variety leads to social informal learning and, subsequently, the competences needed for employability, task variety also may have negative direct effects on employability. We discuss the implications of these findings for future research and practice.

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任务多样性，社会非正式学习与就业能力之间的关系

不断变化的需求和快速变化的工作要求要求组织对员工进行投资，以便他们能够承担新的任务。在这方面，提高员工的就业能力是许多组织的首要任务。作为创造就业能力的先决条件，许多学者集中于社会非正式学习的作用。在这项研究中，我们扩展了这种观点，并研究了任务种类，社交非正式学习和就业能力之间的关系。我们假设任务的多样性是社会非正式学习的催化剂，反过来又提高了员工的就业能力。我们为此机制提供了经验证据。但是，尽管任务多样化导致社交非正式学习，随后又产生了就业能力所需的能力，任务种类也可能对就业能力产生负面直接影响。我们讨论了这些发现对未来研究和实践的意义。