JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Tempering Employee Uncertainty: A Multilevel Analysis Examining Determinants of Job
Insecurity Attitudes Among University Staff
Author(s): Lisa W. Sublett, Lisa M. Penney
Citation: Lisa W. Sublett, Lisa M. Penney, (2020) "Tempering Employee Uncertainty: A Multilevel Analysis Examining Determinants of Job Insecurity Attitudes Among University Staff," Journal of Organizational Psychology, Vol. 20, Iss. 4, pp. 102-112
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Job insecurity is a crucial employee attitude to study, especially in challenging economic times. The current Job insecurity is a crucial employee attitude to study, especially in challenging economic times. The current study uses a multilevel modeling approach to evaluate the predictors of job insecurity, both at the employee-level (Nemployees=1144) and organizational division-level (Ndivisions=25) among university staff and faculty at a university in the southern United States. The results indicate that employee-level justice perceptions, constraints, and pay and communication satisfaction influence job insecurity as well as division-level perceived supervisor support. Overall, this study helps identify mechanisms that are largely in the organization’s control which could lessen feelings of job insecurity among its employees.