Psychosocial work stressors and well-being: self-esteem and optimism as moderators in a one-year longitudinal sample

Mäkikangas, Anne; Kinnunen, Ulla

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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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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

et al. 2015

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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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

et al. 2015

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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“…Certain demographic variables, for instance, have been found to act in this way, including tenure, age, and occupational status (Cheng & Chan, 2008;Sverke et al, 2002) as well as personality variables, such as optimism and locus of control, and other factors, such as recovery experience and employability (Kinunnen et al, 2010;Mäkikangas & Kinnunen, 2003;Näswall, Sverke, & Hellgren, 2005). More information is needed on individual-level factors, such as whether and in what way differences in how individuals handle job insecurity or in their degree of job dependence can influence the relationships between job insecurity and its outcomes.…”

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Job Insecurity and Its Consequences: Investigating Moderators, Mediators and Gender

Richter¹

2011

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This thesis has aimed at increasing our understanding of the relations between job insecurity and its consequences by addressing several specific research aims. The first research aim focused on increasing the range of job insecurity consequences by studying the relation between job insecurity and work-family conflict over time in order to investigate the directionality of their association, which was addressed in Study 3. It was found that job insecurity affected work-family conflict one year later, but only among men.The second research aim addressed mechanisms involved in the job insecurity-outcome relations. Factors that might make employees more vulnerable to, or buffer against the negative effects of job insecurity were studied. Coping with job insecurity was investigated as potential moderating factors in Study 1. The results showed that problem-focused coping did not function as a buffer, nor did devaluation coping and avoidance coping, the two types of emotion-focused coping studied. Avoidance coping was actually a vulnerability factor for men, and related to more negative reactions to job insecurity in terms of job satisfaction and mental health complaints. Two forms of job dependence were also investigated in Study 2 as potential moderating factors of the relations between job insecurity and its outcomes. It was found that the relative contribution to the household income functioned as a vulnerability factor for men. Higher levels of work centrality combined with either quantitative or qualitative job insecurity were related to higher levels of job satisfaction among women. As a final mechanism, workload was investigated as a mediating variable of the relation between job insecurity and its outcomes in Study 3. The results showed that workload linked job insecurity to work-family conflict one year later, but only for men.The third research aim of this thesis addressed gender, and differences between men and women were found in all three studies, where men overall seemed to suffer more from job insecurity. All in all, these results confirm previous results regarding the negative impact of job insecurity, but also provide information regarding important areas for future research to study, such as the further investigation of mechanisms as well as the role of gender.

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“…Puis finalement, le dernier présente les hypothèses qui découlent de notre modèle d'analyse. (Albertsen et al, 2001;Bourbonnais e al., 1998;Clays et al, 2007;Makikangas et al, 2003;Miller et al, 1999;Naswall et al, 2005;Nowack, 1986;Parkes, 1990;Patemiti et al, 2002;Rahim, 1996). En effet, les réponses à ce type de questionnaires dépendent grandement de la perception qu'a l'individu face à lui-même.…”

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“…Toutefois, notons que la littérature est peu explicite à ce sujet (Makikangas et al, 2003). Alors, il serait intéressant de voir si l'estime de soi comprise dans notre modèle d'analyse est susceptible de jouer un tel rôle.…”

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Une étude sur le rôle modérateur des traits de personnalité sur la relation entre les conditions de l’organisation du travail et la détresse psychologique

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2010

Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations

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Psychosocial work stressors and well-being: self-esteem and optimism as moderators in a one-year longitudinal sample

Cited by 273 publications

References 61 publications

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

Job Insecurity and Its Consequences: Investigating Moderators, Mediators and Gender

Une étude sur le rôle modérateur des traits de personnalité sur la relation entre les conditions de l’organisation du travail et la détresse psychologique

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