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The Construct of Job Insecurity at Multiple Levels: Implications for Its Conceptualization and Theory Development
Beatriz Sora1, Thomas Höge2, Amparo Caballer3
1Department of Psychology, University Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|February 25, 2023
Summary
This study integrates individual and organizational job insecurity, revealing its multilevel validity and impact on job satisfaction. It advances theory and practice by providing a framework for understanding job insecurity across different levels.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Psychology
- Multilevel Theory
- Workplace Dynamics
Background:
- Job insecurity research traditionally focuses on individual-level constructs.
- Recent literature explores job insecurity as a collective phenomenon (e.g., climate).
- Existing research lacks an integrative framework for cross-level analysis of job insecurity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine job insecurity from a multilevel perspective.
- To conceptualize and validate job insecurity at individual (subjective, objective) and organizational (instability, climate, strength) levels.
- To propose an integrative framework for understanding functional relationships across levels.
Main Methods:
- Applied multilevel construct validation methodology (Chen, Mathieu & Bliese, 2005).
- Defined and specified job insecurity at individual and organizational levels.
- Tested psychometric properties, variance, and function across levels.
Main Results:
- Demonstrated significant relationships among multilevel job insecurity constructs.
- Linked job insecurity to organizational antecedents and outcomes (job satisfaction).
- Validated the multilevel nature of job insecurity in Austrian and Spanish samples.
Conclusions:
- Established the multilevel validity of job insecurity constructs through an integrative framework.
- Advanced theory and practice in job insecurity research.
- Provided implications for multilevel research in organizational settings.
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