Job loss, human capital job feature, and work condition job feature as distinct job insecurity constructs.
The projected growth of new technologies, increasing use of automation, and continued consolidation of health-related services suggest that continued study of job insecurity is needed for health care professionals. Using a sample of 178 medical technologists over a 5-year period, this study's findings extend earlier work by Blau and Sharp (2000) and suggest that job loss insecurity, human capital job feature insecurity, and work condition job feature insecurity are related but distinct types of job insecurity. A seven-item measure of job loss insecurity, a four-item measure of human capital job feature insecurity, and a four-item measure of work condition job feature insecurity were analyzed. Confirmatory factor analysis using a more heterogeneous sample of 447 working adults supported this three-factor structure. Using correlation and path analysis, different significant relationships of antecedent variables and subsequent organizational withdrawal cognitions to these three types of job insecurity were found.
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Gary
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Human Resource Administration Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA. gblau@sbm.temple.edu
Tatum
Donna Surges
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McCoy
Keith
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Dobria
Lidia
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Ward-Cook
Kory
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020415:Personnel Downsizing / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*