Academics’ Responses to Job Insecurity: The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction

This study investigates the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relation between job insecurity and exit, voice, loyalty and neglect (EVLN) responses. Data were collected from 232 academic employees. The authors test whether job satisfaction transmits the effects of the job insecurity on exi...

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Published in:Higher education policy 2021-03, Vol.34 (1), p.218-237
Main Authors: Tayfur Ekmekci, Ozge, Bayhan Karapinar, Pinar, Metin Camgoz, Selin, Ozsoy Ozmen, Arzu, Kumbul Guler, Burcu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic careers
Academic staff
Administrators
College Faculty
Education
Education Policy
Educational Policy and Politics
Employees
Employment security
Higher Education
Job insecurity
Job Satisfaction
Job Security
Loyalty
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Structural equation modeling
Structural Equation Models
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Summary:This study investigates the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relation between job insecurity and exit, voice, loyalty and neglect (EVLN) responses. Data were collected from 232 academic employees. The authors test whether job satisfaction transmits the effects of the job insecurity on exit, voice, loyalty and neglect using path analyses via structural equation modelling. The analyses reveal that job satisfaction fully mediates the relationship between job insecurity and all of the employee responses (EVLN). However, the mediating role of job satisfaction is marginally significant for job insecurity–voice linkage. Within the insecure working context, our study has relevant implications for the managers/administrators whose aim to increase their staff’s loyalty and to retain qualified employees, which in turn enables their organisations to be competitive. The findings of this study highlight that job satisfaction can be used as a remedy to alleviate the adverse effects job insecurity.
ISSN:0952-8733
1740-3863
DOI:10.1057/s41307-018-00129-7