TY - JOUR
T1 - Affective Job Insecurity
T2 - A mediator of cognitive job insecurity and employee outcomes relationships
AU - Huang, Guo Hua
AU - Lee, Cynthia
AU - Ashford, Susan
AU - Chen, Zhenxiong
AU - Ren, Xiaopeng
N1 - Funding Information:
Guo-hua Huang is an assistant professor in the Department of Management, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong; tel.: (852) 3411-2155; fax: (852) 3411-5583; [email protected]. Cynthia Lee is a chaired professor of management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and professor of management and organizational development, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115; tel.: (617) 373-5146; fax: (617) 373-2491; e-mail: [email protected]. Susan Ashford is the associate dean for leadership programming and the executive MBA program, Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234; tel.: (734) 763-1091; fax: (734) 615-4323; e-mail: [email protected]. Zhenxiong Chen is a professor of management, School of Management, Marketing, and International Business, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia; tel.: 61-2-6125-6194; fax: 61-2-6125-5005; e-mail: [email protected]. Xiaopeng Ren is an associate professor at the Center for Social and Economic Behavior, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; tel.: 8610-64836462; fax: 8610-64872070; e-mail: renxp@ psych.ac.cn. The work described in this article was supported by Cynthia Lee’s Walsh Professorship, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University.
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - Researchers who work on job insecurity (JI) have largely ignored the differences between cognitive job insecurity and affective job insecurity. In this study, we argue that it is conceptually important to study affective JI and cognitive JI as distinct constructs. Based on the conceptualization of stress and affective event theory, we propose that affective JI is an outcome of cognitive JI and that affective JI partially mediates the relationship between cognitive JI and employee outcomes. In two samples of working people, we found that affective JI partially explains the effect of cognitive JI on employees' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and somatic well-being. Implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.
AB - Researchers who work on job insecurity (JI) have largely ignored the differences between cognitive job insecurity and affective job insecurity. In this study, we argue that it is conceptually important to study affective JI and cognitive JI as distinct constructs. Based on the conceptualization of stress and affective event theory, we propose that affective JI is an outcome of cognitive JI and that affective JI partially mediates the relationship between cognitive JI and employee outcomes. In two samples of working people, we found that affective JI partially explains the effect of cognitive JI on employees' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and somatic well-being. Implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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U2 - 10.2753/IMO0020-8825400102
DO - 10.2753/IMO0020-8825400102
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:77649091177
SN - 0020-8825
VL - 40
SP - 20
EP - 39
JO - International Studies of Management and Organization
JF - International Studies of Management and Organization
IS - 1
ER -