Job insecurity in Finland: Antecedents and consequences

Kinnunen, Ulla; Nätti, Jouko

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“…permanent vs temporary) is important (Blackmore & Kuntz, 2011;De Witte & Näswall, 2003), but also that so-called blue-collar and lower-skilled individuals feel more insecure, at least in European samples (De Witte & Näswall, 2003). Regarding biographical antecedents, Kinnunen and Nätti (1994) found perceived unemployment risk to correlate with gender, age, and level of education. Låstad, Berntson, Näswall and Sverke (2014) showed age to correlate with qualitative job insecurity, while Kinnunen et al (1999) also suggest that men experience higher job insecurity than women.…”

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“…Conceptually, the antecedents of job insecurity are seen as being on the individual, organisational and environmental levels (De Witte, 2005;Greenlagh & Rosenblatt, 1984;Kinnunen, Mauno, Nätti & Happonen, 1999;Kinnunen & Nätti, 1994). Perceptions of job insecurity are informed by i) personality characteristics, such as an external locus of control (Keim, Landis, Price, & Earnest, 2014) or a low sense of coherence (Roskies et al, 1993), ii) characteristics of the individual and her/his position, including role conflict (Ameen, Jackson, Pasewark, & Strawser, 1995) and role ambiguity (Ameen et al, 1995, Ashford, Lee, & Bobko, 1989, and iii) organisational and environmental factors, such as organisational change (Keim et al, 2014).…”

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Work locus of control and sense of coherence as antecedents of job insecurity

Pienaar

Witte²

2016

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Previous research has highlighted various antecedents of job insecurity, both in cross-sectional research and in a recent meta-analysis. A review of this literature indicates that work locus of control actually is the only personality antecedent that has received considerable attention, while sense of coherence may also be an important factor to consider. Data on biographical variables, cognitive and affective job insecurity, work locus of control and sense of coherence were gathered from employees across 3 organisations (N=718), presenting two different sectors (chemical industry and financial services), by means of anonymous surveys. Data were analysed by means of correlations and regression analyses. Results indicate that both work locus of control and sense of coherence play a role in predicting job insecurity, even after controlling for biographical variables. Considering their individual contributions, it is suggested here that sense of coherence may be even more important than work locus of control as a personality antecedent of job insecurity.

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Section: Overview: General and Personality Antecedents Of Job Insecuritymentioning

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Section: Overview: General and Personality Antecedents Of Job Insecuritymentioning

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Work locus of control and sense of coherence as antecedents of job insecurity

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2016

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“…Statistics Finland made this scale ad hoc for the survey. However, similar items have been used in earlier studies (Kinnunen and Nätti 1994). A mean score was computed, with a high score indicating a higher subjective complaints load.…”

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“…Perceived job insecurity was measured with three items: "Does your job carry any of the following uncertainties: threat of temporary lay-off, threat of dismissal, and threat of unemployment" (0 = no, 1 = yes) (Kinnunen and Nätti 1994). The Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 (KR-20) was used to assess the internal consistency reliability for measures with dichotomous response options (Kuder and Richardson 1937) and was 0.77.…”

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The effects of unemployment and perceived job insecurity: a comparison of their association with psychological and somatic complaints, self-rated health and life satisfaction

Griep

Kinnunen

Nätti

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Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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Results Covariance analyses adjusted for background variables support findings from earlier studies that long-term unemployment and perceived job insecurity are detrimental: short-term unemployed and secure permanent employees experienced fewer psychological complaints and lower subjective complaints load, reported a higher self-rated health, and were more satisfied with their life compared to long-term unemployed and insecure permanent employees. Second, whereas unemployment was found to be more detrimental than insecure employment in terms of life satisfaction, insecure employment was found to be more detrimental than unemployment in terms of psychological complaints. No differences were found regarding subjective complaints load and self-rated health. Conclusions Our findings suggest that (1) insecure employment relates to more psychological complaints than short-term unemployment and secure permanent employment, (2) insecure employment and long-term unemployment relate to more subjective complaints load and poorer health when compared to secure permanent employment, and (3) insecure employment relates to higher life satisfaction than both short-and long-term unemployment.Keywords Unemployment · Job insecurity · Psychological complaints · Subjective complaints load · Life satisfaction · Self-rated health IntroductionOver the last 20 years, globalization along with the economic recession has put considerable strain on the labour market. Therefore, organizations have been forced to cutback costs, resulting in job loss and increased perceptions of job insecurity among workers (Daly et al. 2013; AbstractPurpose Research has provided convincing evidence for the adverse effects of both short-and long-term unemployment, and perceived job insecurity on individuals' health and well-being. This study aims to go one critical step further by comparing the association between short-and longterm unemployment, and perceived job insecurity with a diverse set of health and well-being indicators. Methods We compare four groups: (1) secure permanent employees (N = 2257), (2) insecure permanent employees (N = 713), (3) short-term unemployed (N = 662), and (4) long-term unemployed (N = 345) using cross-sectional data from the nationally representative Living Conditions Survey in Finland. 2000, 2011). These phenomena, in turn, have raised concerns about their potential impact on employees' health and well-being. Unemployment typically refers to individuals between the age of 16 and 64 who do not have a paid job or are not self-employed during a specific reference period even though they are physically and psychologically available for work and actively seeking employment (International Labour Organization, ILO 2000). There is convincing evidence from diverse fields such as life sciences (e.g. medicine) and social sciences (e.g. psychology) that unemployment has adverse effects that go beyond effects associated with income loss (for a review see Frey 2008; McKee-Ryan et al. 2005). First, unemployment negatively impacts physical h...

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“…Job insecurity has been found to be a potential stressor in contingent work (1,(4)(5)(6), and it has been shown to have an adverse effect on health and well-being (7)(8)(9)(10)(11).…”

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