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Job insecurity, employability and satisfaction among temporary and permanent employees in post-crisis Europe

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  • Nele De Cuyper

    (KU Leuven, Belgium)

  • Beatrice Piccoli

    (University of Essex, UK)

  • Rita Fontinha

    (University of Reading, UK)

  • Hans De Witte

    (KU Leuven, Belgium; North-West University, South Africa)

Abstract

Earlier studies established that perceived job insecurity is more strongly related to the experiences of permanent employees, and conversely that perceived employability is more strongly related to the experiences of temporary employees. This article challenges these results against the background of the 2008/2009 crisis using samples from the 2010 European Social Survey with employees from Continental and Mediterranean Europe. First, the authors argue that job insecurity has become a structural phenomenon that associates with temporary and permanent employees’ satisfaction in the same fashion, which found overall support. Second, they argue that employability may have become important for all employees, regardless of contract type, which was largely supported. A cause for concern is that the relationship between perceived job insecurity and satisfaction was comparatively stronger than the relationship between perceived employability and satisfaction. This may suggest that employees have not yet fully embraced ideas about employability as the new form of security.

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  • Nele De Cuyper & Beatrice Piccoli & Rita Fontinha & Hans De Witte, 2019. "Job insecurity, employability and satisfaction among temporary and permanent employees in post-crisis Europe," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 40(2), pages 173-192, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:40:y:2019:i:2:p:173-192
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X18804655
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