Career Development International: Volume 25 Issue 3

Impact of job insecurity on job performance introduction

Nele De Cuyper, Bert Schreurs, Hans De Witte, Eva Selenko

The association between subjective job insecurity and job performance across different employment groups: Evidence from a representative sample from the Netherlands

Tinka van Vuuren, Jeroen P. de Jong, Peter G.W. Smulders

The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between subjective job insecurity and self-rated job performance, and to assess how this association is different across…

Explaining the relationship between job insecurity and creativity: A test of cognitive and affective mediators

Tahira Probst, Alina Chizh, Sanman Hu, Lixin Jiang, Christopher Austin

Despite a large body of literature on the negative consequences of job insecurity, one outcome – job creativity – has received relatively scant attention. While initial studies…

When do job insecure employees adapt to change?

Kristi N. Lavigne, Victoria L. Whitaker, Dustin K. Jundt, Mindy K. Shoss

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between job insecurity and adaptive performance (AP), contingent on changes to core work tasks, which we position as a…

Job preservation efforts: when does job insecurity prompt performance?

Jessie Koen, Jasmine T.H. Low, Annelies Van Vianen

While job insecurity generally impedes performance, there may be circumstances under which it can prompt performance. The purpose of this paper is to examine a specific situation…

Job insecurity and impression management: Which is the horse and which is the cart when it comes to job performance?

Tahira M. Probst, Lixin Jiang, Sergio Andrés López Bohle

The purpose of this paper is to test competing models of the relationship between job insecurity and two forms of impression management (self- and supervisor-focused) on job…

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

Maike E. Debus, Dana Unger, Cornelius J. König

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…