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The Social Dimension of Stress: Experimental Manipulations of Social Support and Social Identity in the Trier Social Stress Test
Published on: November 19, 2015
[Consequences of job insecurity. The moderator role of organizational support from a multilevel perspective]
Beatriz Sora Miana1, Amparo Caballer Hernández, José María Peiró Silla
1Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias de la Educación, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. bsora@uoc.edu
Abstract:
Job insecurity is one of the main stressors for many employees. Hence, it is important to identify factors that can ameliorate its detrimental effects. In this respect, the present study examines the moderator role of organizational support, understood as a contextual factor in the relationship between job insecurity and its consequences. The sample comprised 859 employees from 42 Spanish organizations. Results showed that organizational support modulated the relationship between job insecurity and employees' reactions (i.e., job satisfaction, psychological health and intention to leave the organization). These results reveal the need to consider contextual factors such as organizational support in the study and intervention of job insecurity.
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