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Job insecurity and performance over time: the critical role of job insecurity duration

Job insecurity and performance over time: the critical role of job insecurity duration Research on the relationship between job insecurity and job performance has thus far yielded inconclusive results. The purpose of this paper is to offer a more dynamic perspective on the effects of job insecurity on job performance.Design/methodology/approachDrawing from cognitive appraisal theory, research on critical life events, and stress reactions as well as more general theorizing around the role of time, this paper proposes that individuals’ job performance reactions to job insecurity will be dynamic over time.FindingsAdopting a person-centered perspective, this paper suggests that there are seven subpopulations that differ in their intra-individual job performance change patterns over time.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper presents potential predictors of subpopulation membership and presents an agenda for future research.Originality/valueWe contribute to the literature by introducing a dynamic perspective to the study of job performance in the context of job insecurity. Delineating a set of open questions that follow from the presented theoretical arguments, the authors also hope to stimulate future research in the context of job insecurity and job performance. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Career Development International Emerald Publishing

Job insecurity and performance over time: the critical role of job insecurity duration

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Abstract

Research on the relationship between job insecurity and job performance has thus far yielded inconclusive results. The purpose of this paper is to offer a more dynamic perspective on the effects of job insecurity on job performance.Design/methodology/approachDrawing from cognitive appraisal theory, research on critical life events, and stress reactions as well as more general theorizing around the role of time, this paper proposes that individuals’ job performance reactions to job insecurity will be dynamic over time.FindingsAdopting a person-centered perspective, this paper suggests that there are seven subpopulations that differ in their intra-individual job performance change patterns over time.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper presents potential predictors of subpopulation membership and presents an agenda for future research.Originality/valueWe contribute to the literature by introducing a dynamic perspective to the study of job performance in the context of job insecurity. Delineating a set of open questions that follow from the presented theoretical arguments, the authors also hope to stimulate future research in the context of job insecurity and job performance.

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Career Development International – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 20, 2020

Keywords: Job insecurity; Longitudinal; Job performance; Duration

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