Bending without breaking: A two-study examination of employee resilience in the face of job insecurity
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Shoss, Mindy K., Jiang, Lixin and Probst, Tahira M.. (2016). Bending without breaking: A two-study examination of employee resilience in the face of job insecurity. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000060
Authors | Shoss, Mindy K., Jiang, Lixin and Probst, Tahira M. |
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Abstract | Job insecurity is a ubiquitous threat that has been linked to a number of undesirable emotional, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes. Against this backdrop, popular and academic accounts have hailed the ability to bounce back from threats (i.e., resilience) as a crucial competency. We leverage the cognitive-relational model of stress to examine the extent to which resilience (operationalized as both dispositional tendencies and coping strategies) mitigates several negative consequences of job insecurity. We tested the moderating role of resilience in 2 studies. In a cross-sectional study with a sample of 1,071 university employees in the United States, we found resilience weakened the relationships between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and psychological contract breach. In a 2-wave study with 335 employees demographically representative of working population of the United States, we found that resilience mitigated the negative consequences of job insecurity on emotional exhaustion and interpersonal counterproductive work behaviors assessed 1 month later. Results of both studies converge to support the proposed buffering effect of resilience during times of job insecurity. (PsycINFO Database Record © 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
Keywords | job insecurity; resilience; coping; burnout; counterproductive work behaviour |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology |
Publisher | American Psychological Association |
ISSN | 1076-8998 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000060 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84994311293 |
Page range | 1 - 15 |
Research Group | Centre for Sustainable HRM and Wellbeing |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/89qyv/bending-without-breaking-a-two-study-examination-of-employee-resilience-in-the-face-of-job-insecurity
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