I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A LIFE: EMPLOYEE ADAPTATION TO FEELINGS OF JOB INSECURITY Academic Article

abstract

• 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This study examines the links between employee perceptions of job insecurity, the work-nonwork interface, and stress-related outcomes. Drawing on an adaptation perspective, we expect employees feeling greater job insecurity to engage in adaptive work behaviors including less use of work-nonwork support programs and greater willingness to let work permeate into one's personal life, which in turn will associate with greater work-nonwork conflict and emotional exhaustion. Data were collected from employees within a large energy company at 2 points in time. Results support the model, offering important insights into employee behavioral responses to job insecurity and key mechanisms through which insecurity may foster diminished employee well-being.

authors

• Boswell, Wendy

published proceedings

• PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY

altmetric score

• 17.4

author list (cited authors)

• Boswell, W. R., Olson-Buchanan, J. B., & Harris, T. B.

citation count

• 55

complete list of authors

• Boswell, Wendy R||Olson-Buchanan, Julie B||Harris, T Brad

publication date

• December 2014

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Personnel Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Behavioral And Social Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/peps.12061

start page

• 887

end page

• 915

volume

• 67

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2Fpeps.12061