White-collar reactions to job insecurity and the role of the psychological contract: Implications for human resource management
✍ Scribed by James E. King
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4848
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✦ Synopsis
Are insecure employees actually less loyal to their companies, more concerned about their careers, and less willing to go the extra mile at work? Do employees who view job insecurity as a violation of their psychological contract have more severe reactions to being insecure? This article empirically examines these and other commonly held beliefs about the consequences of job insecurity among white-collar employees. The critical role human resource professionals play in helping organizations to understand the consequences of actions that create job insecurity (i.e., restructuring) and finding ways to minimize negative outcomes is highlighted.