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Employment contract, job insecurity and employees’ affective well-being: The role of self- and collective efficacy

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  • Beatriz Sora

    (Open University of Catalonia, Spain)

  • Thomas Höge

    (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

  • Amparo Caballer

    (University of Valencia, Spain)

  • José M Peiró

    (University of Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

A large amount of research has focused on job insecurity, but without obtaining consistent results. Some authors have pointed that this variability might be due to the operationalization of job insecurity. Different types of job insecurity can provoke different employee reactions. The aim of this study is to analyse the effect of job insecurity, understood as temporary employment (objective job insecurity) and personal perception (subjective job insecurity), on affective well-being. In addition, the moderator roles of job self-efficacy and collective efficacy are examined in the relationship between job insecurity and employees’ affective well-being. This study was carried out with 1435 employees from 138 Spanish and Austrian organizations. The results showed a different effect of job insecurity depending on its conceptualization. Only subjective job insecurity was negatively related to affective well-being. Moreover, both self- and collective efficacy moderated the subjective job insecurity–outcomes relation, ameliorating employees’ well-being levels when they perceived job insecurity.

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  • Beatriz Sora & Thomas Höge & Amparo Caballer & José M Peiró, 2019. "Employment contract, job insecurity and employees’ affective well-being: The role of self- and collective efficacy," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 40(2), pages 193-214, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:40:y:2019:i:2:p:193-214
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X18804659
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