I Cannot Afford to Have a Life: Employee Adaptation to Feelings of Job Insecurity

Wendy R. Boswell; Julie B. Olson‐Buchanan; T. Brad Harris

doi:10.1111/peps.12061

journal article Dec 17, 2013

I Cannot Afford to Have a Life: Employee Adaptation to Feelings of Job Insecurity

Wendy R. Boswell Julie B. Olson‐Buchanan T. Brad Harris

Personnel Psychology Vol. 67 No. 4 pp. 887-915 · Wiley

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Abstract

This study examines the links between employee perceptions of job insecurity, the work–nonwork interface, and stress‐related outcomes. Drawing on an adaptation perspective, we expect employees feeling greater job insecurity to engage in adaptive work behaviors including less use of work–nonwork support programs and greater willingness to let work permeate into one's personal life, which in turn will associate with greater work–nonwork conflict and emotional exhaustion. Data were collected from employees within a large energy company at 2 points in time. Results support the model, offering important insights into employee behavioral responses to job insecurity and key mechanisms through which insecurity may foster diminished employee well‐being.

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Published: Dec 17, 2013
Vol/Issue: 67(4)
Pages: 887-915
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Authors

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Wendy R. Boswell

Texas A&M University

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Julie B. Olson‐Buchanan

California State University, Fresno

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T. Brad Harris

University of Illinois

Cite This Article

Wendy R. Boswell, Julie B. Olson‐Buchanan, T. Brad Harris (2013). I Cannot Afford to Have a Life: Employee Adaptation to Feelings of Job Insecurity. Personnel Psychology, 67(4), 887-915. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12061

I Cannot Afford to Have a Life: Employee Adaptation to Feelings of Job Insecurity

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