Job Insecurity and Subsequent Actual Turnover: Rumination as a Valid Explanation?

Anne Richter*, Tinne Vander Elst, Hans De Witte

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Abstract

Job insecurity is a work stressor with many negative consequences for the individual as well as the organization. However, currently, little is known about why job insecurity is related to these outcomes. In the present study, actual turnover was investigated as a possible consequence of job insecurity. Additionally, rumination about a possible job loss (i.e., the act of intensified thinking about the future of the job) was investigated as an explanatory mechanism. Relationships were tested using longitudinal data from a sample of 699 Belgian employees. Results of structural equation modeling analyses show that job insecurity was related to turnover 1 year later. This relationship was mediated by rumination about job insecurity. Actual turnover was investigated over time as a potential consequence of job insecurity, compared to many studies that used turnover intention as a proxy to predict actual turnover. Moreover, a job insecurity-specific mechanism-namely, rumination about job insecurity-was studied, which increased our understanding of how job insecurity develops into its consequences.

Original languageEnglish
Article number712
Number of pages12
JournalFrontiers in Psychology
Volume11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • job insecurity
  • rumination about job insecurity
  • turnover
  • mediation
  • longitudinal design
  • ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
  • FIT INDEXES
  • WORK
  • PERFORMANCE
  • MODEL
  • STRAIN
  • SELF
  • DETERMINANTS
  • CONSERVATION
  • SATISFACTION

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