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Job insecurity climate's influence on employees' job attitudes: Evidence from two European countries
Hans De WitteBeatriz SoraAmparo CaballerJosé M. Peirósubject
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementLayoffJob performanceJob designDemographic economicsContext (language use)Job satisfactionJob rotationJob attitudeOrganizational commitmentPsychologySocial psychologyApplied Psychologydescription
An important amount of literature about job insecurity and its consequences has been developed during the past few decades (Sverke, Hellgren, & Naswall, 2002). Most of this research has focused on an individual-analysis perspective, without taking into account social context. Although job insecurity climate has not been empirically examined, several authors have implicitly assumed that job insecurity contexts exist in some organizations where layoffs have occurred. Therefore, they examined layoff survivors' reactions. From this perspective, the aim of this study was to validate the job insecurity climate concept and examine its influence on employees' job attitudes. In order to provide additional support, this objective was examined in two samples: 428 employees belonging to 20 Spanish organizations and 550 employees in 18 Belgian organizations. The results showed that job insecurity climate emerged within the organizations in both samples, and that it influenced employees' job satisfaction and organizati...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-05-01 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology |