Job insecurity: Review of the literature and a summary of recent studies from Belgium

Hans De Witte, Nele De Cuyper, Tinne Vander Elst, Els Vanbelle, Wendy Niesen

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Abstract

This contribution offers a short overview of research on job insecurity, with an emphasis on recent findings from the research tradition on job insecurity of the Work, Organisational & Personnel Psychology (WOPP), a research group from Leuven, Belgium. Topics covered include the definition of job insecurity, prevalence and risk groups, consequences of job insecurity for health and well-being, for organisations, trade unions and political topics, new operationalisations of job insecurity and their correlates, moderators of the job insecurity outcomes relationship, and explanations for the harmful impact of job insecurity.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11 - 17
Number of pages7
JournalRomanian Journal of Applied Psychology
Volume14
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

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