The differential impact of job insecurity on employees’ work attitudes: The moderating effects of hard and soft resources

• Main Authors: Jia-Wun Chen, 陳佳雯
• Other Authors: Luo Lu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44879661503960460303

博士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 商學研究所 === 101 === From the perspective of Cross-national comparisons, the current study explored: (1) the associations among job insecurity, work attitudes (job satisfaction and organizational commitment); and (2) the possible moderating effect of culture and social welfare on the above relationships among employees in the North America, Europe, and Asia regions. Using the national data based of ISSP, a diverse sample of 8,175 full-time employees drawn from a variety of organizations in the twelve countries were surveyed, belonged to North America, Europe, and Asia regions. We found that job insecurity was negatively associated with work attitudes among employees from the twelve countries. Furthermore, while taking cultural and social welfare differences into account, we found that collectivism culture, higher uncertainty avoidance, or Asia development welfare exacerbated the negative impact of job insecurity on work attitudes. It is thus recommended that organizations need to take care of the impact of job insecurity to employees, with special attention to possible cultural and social institutional differences which may play a crucial role in the work stress process.