Perceived job insecurity and perceived employability in relation to temporary and permanent workers’ psychological symptoms: a two samples study

Kirves, Kaisa; Cuyper, Nele De; Kinnunen, Ulla; Nätti, Jouko

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“…similar magnitude of significance and direction of the effect) with correlations obtained from other Finnish studies (e.g. Kinnunen et al 2004;Kirves et al 2011;Mäkikangas and Kinnunen 2003). Based on these Finnish studies, it seems that the low correlations found between the health/well-being indicators and demographics (i.e.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Statistics Finland made this scale ad hoc for the survey. However, similar items have been used in other studies (Kinnunen and Nätti 1994;Kirves et al 2011;Talala 2013). A mean score was computed with a high score indicating more psychological complaints.…”

Section: Outcome Variables: Health and Well-being Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…communication, participation in decision making and perceived employability) are important. An increase in these three concepts also buffers the negative impact of job insecurity on employees' well-being and health (Jiang and Probst 2013;Kirves et al 2011;Vander Elst et al 2011). Specifically, Schweiger and DeNisi (1991) have suggested that organizations should strive to provide frequent, honest, and relevant information about the factors contributing to employees' perceptions of job insecurity.…”

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confidence: 99%

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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

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

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“…The most important explanatory factor regarding the lower level of satisfaction with job security among temporary agency workers is their lack of satisfaction with the competence development offered by their employer-that is, the temporary work agency. Previous research has highlighted the importance of training in relation to temporary agency workers' employability (Kirves et al, 2011). Our study shows that employers' investment in competence development has a direct effect on job security, that is, on the perception of the possibility of remaining in actual employment.…”

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“…It has been argued that employability is more important than job security to temporary agency workers (Kirves et al, 2011). Employability can be achieved by training and competence development.…”

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Temporary Agency Workers—Precarious Workers? Perceived Job Security and Employability for Temporary Agency Workers and Client Organization Employees at a Swedish Manufacturing Plant

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The relationship between stressors of temporary work and counterproductive work behaviour

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Recent research on temporary work has suggested that temporary work experiences vary greatly in quality. In light of concerns about diminished quality of some temporary work experiences, we suggest that temporary workers may experience a variety of stressful work situations that could precipitate detrimental outcomes not only for these workers, but also for their co-workers and organizations. Using a multi-wave survey of temporary workers, this study examines the relationship between economic, interpersonal, and organizational stressors and counterproductive work behaviour (CWB). Specifically, we hypothesize that economic stressors (operationalized as economic hardship and job insecurity), interpersonal conflict and organizational constraints will predict the extent to which temporary workers perform CWB via emotional exhaustion and moral disengagement pathways. Three waves of data show that temporary workers experiencing higher levels of economic hardship, interpersonal conflict and organizational constraints reported greater emotional exhaustion, which was linked to increased frequency of CWBs. Additionally, higher levels of job insecurity and interpersonal conflict were related to higher levels of moral disengagement, which related to increased frequency of CWBs. These findings highlight relationships of different stressors with emotional and cognitive reactions that may trigger CWB in temporary workers.

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Perceived job insecurity and perceived employability in relation to temporary and permanent workers’ psychological symptoms: a two samples study

Abstract: Knowledge about the relationship between contract type and workers' well-being can be enhanced when the combined effects of contract type and job conditions are accounted for.

Cited by 50 publications

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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

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

Temporary Agency Workers—Precarious Workers? Perceived Job Security and Employability for Temporary Agency Workers and Client Organization Employees at a Swedish Manufacturing Plant

The relationship between stressors of temporary work and counterproductive work behaviour

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