Artikel

Perceived post-restructuring job insecurity: The impact of employees' trust in one's employer and perceived employability

The aim of this study is to investigate whether trust in one's employer and also perceived employability are able to reduce employees' perceived post-restructuring job insecurity. Both, quantitative job insecurity (insecurity over the continuity of a job) and qualitative job insecurity (insecurity over the continuity of valued aspects of the job) are examined. Based on Lazarus' theory of stress, we predict that employees' trust in their employer, perceived levels of employability and the combination effect impacts employees' perceived post-restructuring quantitative and qualitative job insecurity. Results taken from a sample of 377 employees working in Switzerland who survived restructuring mostly support these hypotheses. In general, employees with a high level of trust in their employer and high level of perceived employability show lower post-restructuring quantitative and qualitative job insecurity. Moreover, results suggest a potentially important role for the multiplicative effects of trust in one's employer and perceived employability regarding the perception of qualitative job insecurity. Implications for both research and practice are discussed.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) ; ISSN: 1862-0000 ; Volume: 26 ; Year: 2012 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 307-330 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag

Klassifikation
Management
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables: General
Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General
Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance
Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
Economywide Country Studies: Europe
Thema
trust in one's employer
perceived employability
perceived quantitative and qualitative job insecurity
restructuring
Lazarus' theory of stress
Organisatorischer Wandel
Vertrauen
Arbeitsplatzwechsel
Beschäftigungsfähigkeit
Schweiz

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Arnold, Alexandra
Staffelbach, Bruno
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Rainer Hampp Verlag
(wo)
Mering
(wann)
2012

DOI
doi:10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2012_04_Arnold
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Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Arnold, Alexandra
  • Staffelbach, Bruno
  • Rainer Hampp Verlag

Entstanden

  • 2012

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