Life Satisfaction and Job Insecurity

Abstract

Fear of the threat of job loss is likely to elicit negative thoughts that have adverse consequences for not only job satisfaction, but also all-around happiness and satisfaction with life. Using nationally representative cross-sectional data, this study provides evidence of the negative effect of perceived job insecurity on life satisfaction in post-communist Albania, an under-researched context. This adverse effect is found to be more pronounced for women and for blue-collar workers: being in a blue-collar job is associated with lower overall life satisfaction, but if this job is perceived as insecure, the negative effect on life satisfaction is magnified. In contrast, workers in well-paying jobs are more satisfied with their lives and, relatedly, higher education also has a positive impact, more so for males. Evidence of the quality-of-life effects of job insecurity can be used to inform workplace policy initiatives and practices, particularly as measures of life satisfaction, well-being, and happiness are increasingly considered appropriate indicators of social progress and the ultimate goal of public policy.

Enhanced and Combined Representations in Extended Reality through Creative Industries

“…In the second stage, we extracted the 3D meshes and proceeded to decimate the fragments, as well as the application of textures and materials for the usability and photorealism of the digital representations for further use (RQ1). In the third step, we extracted several instances from inside of the fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism along a specific axis of their 3D geometry, using the CT scans dataset and the combination of two specific software packages (RQ1), namely Drishti [70] and VGSTUDIO [68].…”

“…Advances in 3D graphics and the capabilities offered by sophisticated processors have greatly aided the development of software packages for the study and processing of X-ray CT scans. A wide range of available software packages are available for the analysis of tomographic datasets, whether they are commercial products [62][63][64][65][66][67][68] or free [69][70][71][72][73][74] software (Table 1). Different types of tomography can be imported into the specific programs, and multi-level analyses can be performed on the volumetric representations.…”

“…3D Slicer [69] free/open-source Avizo [62] commercial digiM I2S [63] commercial Dragonfly [64] commercial Drishti [70] free/open-source Fiji [71] free/open-source GeoDict [65] commercial ImageVis3D [72] free/open-source Imaris [66] commercial InVesalius [73] free/open-source TESCAN FIB-SEMs [67] commercial VGSTUDIO [68] commercial volBrain platform [74] free for research only…”