Prospective relationships between career disruptions and subjective well-being: evidence from a three-wave follow-up study among Finnish managers

Mauno, Saija; Feldt, Taru; Tolvanen, Asko; Hyvönen, Katriina; Kinnunen, Ulla

doi:10.1007/s00420-010-0583-6

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“…While there are studies confirming the negative effects of unemployment and job insecurity on various mental health dimensions (for reviews, see De Witte, 1999;, there is no empirical research on the effects of these stressors on occupational commitment. So far, what is known is that employment biography disruptions accumulate (Mauno, Feldt, Tolvanen, Hyvönen & Kinnunen, 2011). Anyone who has ever been unemployed previously has a higher risk of becoming unemployed again (Bender, Konietzka, & Sopp, 2000).…”

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Are insecure jobs as bad for mental health and occupational commitment as unemployment? Equal threat or downward spiral

Otto¹,

Dalbert²

2013

Psihološka obzorja / Horizons of Psychology

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We investigated the significance of unemployment and job insecurity for mental health (self-esteem; life satisfaction) and occupational commitment (occupational self-efficacy; affective occupational commitment) comparing the "equal threat" assumption with the "downward spiral" assumption. Whereas the equal threat model suggests that unemployment and (perceived) insecure employment are similarly threatening phenomena, the downward spiral model assumes that there might be a spectrum of employment insecurity, ranging from secure employment to long-term unemployment, that is associated with decreasing mental health and occupational commitment. Controlling for socio-demographic background variables and personality traits, results of ANCOVAs, in which we distinguished between workers who were (more or less) securely employed and those who were either insecurely employed or short-or long-term unemployed revealed that the insecurely employed workers were no better off than those who were (short-term) unemployed-in line with the equal threat hypothesis. Only for occupational self-efficacy did we find some support for the downward spiral model.

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Section: Unemployment Job Insecurity and Occupational Commitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are insecure jobs as bad for mental health and occupational commitment as unemployment? Equal threat or downward spiral

Otto¹,

Dalbert²

2013

Psihološka obzorja / Horizons of Psychology

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“…For example, there was strong evidence of an effect of SEP on changes in health, but only weak evidence of a selection effect of health (only among men, in respect of one health measure) on either changes in employment grade or financial deprivation among UK employees [ 51 ]. Despite this, selection effects were evident in some studies, in respect of: a factor representing physical illnesses, medication and self-rated health and SEP (education, income and occupation) among American adults followed for 20 years [ 52 ]; subjective well-being and subsequent career disruptions among Finnish managers [ 53 ]; and sickness allowance and later labour market disadvantage among both younger (35 years or less) and older adults in analyses of Finnish register data [ 54 ].…”

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“…Given gender differences in both biological disease processes [ 11 ] and experiences both within and outside the labour market [ 39 ], particularly in reasons for non-employment (mainly unemployment among males, but child/family care among females) [ 33 ], it is possible that health selection and social causation effects will differ between males and females. The SEM studies reviewed above have variously not included gender [ 49 , 50 ], controlled for it [ 31 , 53 ], found largely similar results for males and females [ 48 , 52 , 54 ] or small gender differences [ 21 , 51 ]. Given these mixed results, it is important to investigate whether gender differences exist.…”

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“…In addition, most studies in this area have represented both childhood/adolescent and adult health via measures of mental health, psychological well-being and/or psychosomatic symptoms [ 21 , 25 , 28 – 30 , 32 , 49 , 50 , 53 ]. Fewer have included physical health measures, although self-rated health and/or chronic conditions [ 26 , 38 ] and sickness absences, allowances or hospital admissions [ 15 , 34 , 54 ] have been used.…”

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The emergence of health inequalities in early adulthood: evidence on timing and mechanisms from a West of Scotland cohort

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BackgroundEvidence is inconsistent as to whether or not there are health inequalities in adolescence according to socio-economic position (SEP) and whether or when they emerge in early adulthood. Despite the large health inequalities literature, few studies have simultaneously compared the relative importance of ‘health selection’ versus ‘social causation’ at this life-stage. This study followed a cohort through the youth-adult transition to: (1) determine whether, and if so, when, health inequalities became evident according to both class of origin and current SEP; (2) compare the importance of health selection and social causation mechanisms; and (3) investigate whether these phenomena vary by gender.MethodsData are from a West-of-Scotland cohort, surveyed five times between age 15 (in 1987, N=1,515, response=85%) and 36. Self-reported physical and mental health were obtained at each survey. SEP was based on parental occupational class at 15, a combination of own education or occupational status at 18 and own occupational class (with an additional non-employment category) at older ages. In respect of when inequalities emerged, we used the relative index of inequality to examine associations between both parental and own current SEP and health at each age. In respect of mechanisms, path models, including SEP and health at each age, investigated both inter and intra-generational paths from SEP to health (‘causation’) and from health to SEP (‘selection’). Analyses were conducted separately for physical and mental health, and stratified by gender.ResultsAssociations between both physical and mental health and parental SEP were non-significant at every age. Inequalities according to own SEP emerged for physical health at 24 and for mental health at 30. There was no evidence of selection based on physical health, but some evidence of associations between mental health in early adulthood and later SEP (intra-generational selection). Paths indicated intra-generational (males) and inter-generational (females) social causation of physical health inequalities, and intra-generational (males and females) and inter-generational (females) social causation of mental health inequalities.ConclusionsThe results suggest complex and reciprocal relationships between SEP and health and highlight adolescence and early adulthood as a sensitive period for this process, impacting on future life-chances and health.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2674-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Similarly, in order to predict, one should also be able to manage, and lacking meaning may feed uncertainty. Mauno, Feldt, Tolvanen, Hyvönen, and Kinnunen (2011) have illustrated that individuals with a low sense of coherence experienced greater risk for reporting career disruptions when measured 7 years later. It would seem logical to deduce that career disruptions had been preceded by periods of perceived job insecurity.…”

Section: Dimensions Of Job Insecuritymentioning

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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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Prospective relationships between career disruptions and subjective well-being: evidence from a three-wave follow-up study among Finnish managers

Cited by 6 publications

References 55 publications

Are insecure jobs as bad for mental health and occupational commitment as unemployment? Equal threat or downward spiral

Are insecure jobs as bad for mental health and occupational commitment as unemployment? Equal threat or downward spiral

The emergence of health inequalities in early adulthood: evidence on timing and mechanisms from a West of Scotland cohort

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

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