The hidden face of job insecurity
利用英国雇员全国代表性数据,提出工作不安全感不仅包括失去工作的担忧,还应包括对工作特征变化的焦虑,并发现后者更普遍且与前者有不同的影响因素,而员工参与机制能同时缓解两种不安全感。
Drawing on nationally representative data for British employees, the article argues for a more comprehensive concept of job insecurity, including not only job tenure insecurity but also job status insecurity, relating to anxiety about changes to valued features of the job. It shows that job status insecurity is highly prevalent in the workforce and is associated with different individual, employment and labour market characteristics than those that affect insecurity about job loss. It is also related to different organizational contexts. However, the article also shows that the existence of effective mechanisms of employee participation can reduce both types of job insecurity.