How does the servant supervisor influence the employability of postgraduates?Exploring the mechanisms of self-efficacy and academic engagement

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''slfefficacy and academic engagement,which indirectly influences postgraduates''employability.The results support the mediating effects of both slfefficacy and academic engagement on the relationship between servant supervision and postgraduates''employability.Finally,the theoretical and prac tical implications are discussed.