Threat of losing valued job features: The role of perceived control in mediating the effect of qualitative job insecurity on job strain and psychological withdrawal

Elst, Tinne Van der; Richter, Anne; Sverke, Magnus; Näswall, Katharina; Cuyper, Nele De; Witte, Hans De

doi:10.1080/02678373.2014.899651

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“…Similar to other studies investigating job insecurity in Sweden (Näswall, Lindfors, & Sverke, ; Vander Elst et al., ), the mean values of job insecurity reported in this study were low. This may of course reflect the study setting, with employees in Sweden typically experiencing high protection from job loss and good social security in the event of actual job loss (Berglund, Furåker, & Vulkan, ).…”

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Job insecurity and work-family conflict in teachers in Sweden: Examining their relations with longitudinal cross-lagged modeling

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Job insecurity and work-family conflict are increasingly prevalent in contemporary working life and numerous studies have documented their antecedents and negative consequences. The present study used longitudinal questionnaire data collected among teachers in Sweden to test the direction of the relation between job insecurity and work-family conflict using cross-lagged modeling. Multiple-group comparisons were conducted to account for the skewed gender composition in the teachers' group. After controlling for baseline levels of job insecurity, work-family conflict, and four potential confounders (age, children under 12 living at home, university education, and relationship status), we found that the reciprocal relationship between job insecurity and work-family conflict over a 1-year time period fitted the data best for the men. For women, however, only the auto regression coefficients were significant. The results provide some empirical support for gender differences in the relation between job insecurity and work-family conflict. Moreover, this study partially supports theoretical assumptions suggesting that job insecurity and work-family conflict influence each other.

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“…A central component of the negative effects of restructuring is uncertainty about the future, concerning the future content of the job (qualitative job insecurity) as well as the risk of losing one's job (quantitative job insecurity) (Hellgren, Sverke, & Isaksson, 1999). Recent studies have documented that both quantitative job insecurity (De Witte, 2005;Sverke, Hellgren, & Näswall, 2002) and qualitative job insecurity have negative effects, such as poor well-being, low commitment to the organisation, and high levels of depressive symptoms (De Witte et al, 2010;Vander Elst et al, 2014). Job insecurity, in general, has also been found to be a long-term predictor of ill health (De Witte et al, 2016;Hellgren & Sverke, 2003), which supports the need for interventions that focus directly on reducing job insecurity caused by organisational restructuring.…”

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“…This finding supports the hypothesis that quantitative and qualitative job insecurity are separate constructs (cf. De Witte et al, 2010;Hellgren et al, 1999;Vander Elst et al, 2014).…”

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Can job insecurity be managed? Evaluating an organizational-level intervention addressing the negative effects of restructuring

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Although downsizing and reorganisation are recognised as serious threats to the psychological well-being of employees, intervention strategies for addressing these events are limited. This study evaluated the effects of a participatory organisational-level intervention in which employees and managers chose to address the psychosocial consequences, specifically job insecurity, of restructuring. The intervention was conducted among postal service letter carriers in Denmark and was evaluated based on quantitative and qualitative data. Using interviews (N = 24) and observations, the programme theory of the intervention and to what extent the intervention had been implemented were assessed. Using survey data (N = 238), repeated measures ANOVAs were conducted to test for differences in the development of job insecurity between the intervention group and a comparison group. The results indicate that the intervention group had a significantly smaller increase in one dimension of job insecurity as compared to the comparison group. Therefore, we conclude that employees' experiencing of job insecurity, which typically follows in the wake of restructuring, can be addressed by planned efforts at the workplace level. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…As an individual-level phenomenon, job insecurity is often described as including two dimensions: quantitative job insecurity, defined as "the perceived powerlessness to maintain desired continuity in a threatened job situation" (Greenhalgh and Rosenblatt, 1984, p. 438) and qualitative job insecurity, referred to as "the anticipation of losing valued job features" (Greenhalgh and Rosenblatt, 1984, p. 441), such as career opportunities, specific work tasks and wage (De Witte et al, 2010;Hellgren et al, 1999;Vander Elst et al, 2014). So far, only quantitative job insecurity has been studied as a climate construct, but it can be argued that qualitative job insecurity can exist as a climate as well.…”

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Measuring quantitative and qualitative aspects of the job insecurity climate

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a measure of job insecurity climate by: first, testing whether job insecurity climate and individual job insecurity are two separate constructs; and second, investigating the relative importance of individual job insecurity and job insecurity climate in predicting work-related and health-related outcomes. Design/methodology/approach -Data were collected by questionnaires in a simple stratified random sample of 1,380 white-collar workers in Sweden. The response rate was 56 percent. Findings -Confirmatory factor analyses showed that job insecurity climate was distinct from individual job insecurity. Four separate ridge regression analyses showed that qualitative job insecurity climate was a significant predictor of demands, work-family conflict, psychological distress, and poor self-rated health and that quantitative job insecurity climate predicted demands and work-family conflict.Research limitations/implications -The study is based on self-reports, which may involve common method bias. The cross-sectional study design limits the possibility to make causal inferences regarding the relationship between job insecurity climate and outcomes. Practical implications -Future studies may consider measuring job insecurity climate in line with a referent-shift model. Work environment surveys in organizations that include measures of individual job insecurity and job insecurity climate can provide practitioners with a fuller picture of the psychosocial work environment. Originality/value -The present study adds to previous research by introducing a new approach to measuring and conceptualizing job insecurity climate.

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Threat of losing valued job features: The role of perceived control in mediating the effect of qualitative job insecurity on job strain and psychological withdrawal

Cited by 67 publications

References 40 publications

Job insecurity and work-family conflict in teachers in Sweden: Examining their relations with longitudinal cross-lagged modeling

Job insecurity and work-family conflict in teachers in Sweden: Examining their relations with longitudinal cross-lagged modeling

Can job insecurity be managed? Evaluating an organizational-level intervention addressing the negative effects of restructuring

Measuring quantitative and qualitative aspects of the job insecurity climate

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