title: Are the most dedicated nurses more vulnerable to job insecurity? Age-specific analyses on family-related outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the moderating roles of job dedication and age in the job insecurity-family-related well-being relationship.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  As job insecurity is a rather permanent stressor among nurses nowadays, more research is needed on the buffering factors alleviating its negative effects on well-being.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1719 Finnish nurses representing numerous health care organisations participated in this cross-sectional study. Moderated hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the associations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses' younger age and low job dedication operated as protective factors against the negative effect of high job insecurity on parental satisfaction. The effect of job dedication on family-related well-being was also age-specific: high job dedication protected younger nurses from the negative effect of job insecurity on work-family conflict and parental stress, whereas among older nurses those who reported low job dedication showed better well-being in the presence of high job insecurity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most job-dedicated nurses were more vulnerable to job insecurity in relation to parental satisfaction. In addition, high job dedication combined with high age implied more work-family conflict and parental stress in the presence of high job insecurity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Managers should seek to boost younger nurses' job dedication and to prevent older nurses' over-commitment.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Mervi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruokolainen
authors.forename: Saija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mauno
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: age; family-related well-being; job dedication; job insecurity; nurses