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Sometimes it’s personal : Differential outcomes of person vs. job at risk threats to job security
Carusone, Nicole Pittman, Rebecca Shoss, Mindy
Carusone, Nicole
Pittman, Rebecca
Shoss, Mindy
Abstract
The current paper expands an under-addressed concept within the job insecurity literature, namely, whether threats to job security are specific to the jobholder (person-at-risk threats) or specific to the job (job-at-risk threats). Using a between-person experimental vignette design, 136 employed participants were asked to imagine themselves in either a Person-at-Risk or a Job-at-Risk scenario. As expected, participants in a person-at-risk scenario indicated more negative reactions to job insecurity, as captured by greater anticipated negative affect and poorer perceived social exchanges and organization-based self-esteem. They also reported reduced intention for interpersonal citizenship behavior and greater intention to engage in one form of impression management compared to individuals in a job-at-risk scenario. We interpret these findings in terms of their implications on individual versus group identity, as well as on well-being and the behavioral consequences of job insecurity.
Keywords
job insecurity, identity threat, self, organization based self-esteem
Date
2021
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Book
Volume
18
Issue
14
Page Range
1-15
Article Number
Article 7379
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Collections
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open