Job insecurity, coping resources and personality dispositions in occupational strain

This paper presents research on the relationships between the work-related stressor of perceived job insecurity and various indicators of occupational strain, taking into account employees' personality dispositions (trait negative and positive affectivity) and coping resources. Respondents were...

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Published in:Work and stress 2000-10, Vol.14 (4), p.312-328
Main Authors: Mak, Anita S., Mueller, Jason
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Biological and medical sciences
Coping Resources
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health
Job Insecurity
Job security
Mental stress
Negative Affectivity
Occupational health
Occupational psychology
Occupational Strain
Personality
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Public sector
Work
Work condition. Job performance. Stress
Work Stress
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Summary:This paper presents research on the relationships between the work-related stressor of perceived job insecurity and various indicators of occupational strain, taking into account employees' personality dispositions (trait negative and positive affectivity) and coping resources. Respondents were 222 Australian public servants surveyed during organizational restructuring that involved downsizing and threat to job certainty. The research was formulated within an adaptation of Osipow, Doty, and Spokane's (1985) framework of stress-strain-coping that included the possible direct as well as moderating effects of personality dispositions in reporting occupational strain (Parkes, 1990). Findings from hierarchical regression analyses indicate consistent significant independent effects of personality dispositions, coping resources and perceived job insecurity on various indicators of strain. There was also support for the moderating roles of negative affectivity and self-care in the relation between perceived job insecurity and physical strain. Implications for the role of dispositional factors, especially negative affectivity, and the utility of various coping resources in accounting for occupational strain in times of threatened job security are discussed.
ISSN:0267-8373
1464-5335
DOI:10.1080/02678370010022462