ABSTRACT

A vast literature on job insecurity can be found. However, there are still several significant research gaps. Little attention has been paid to the spillover effect of job insecurity on employees’ family, and the role of gender in relation to job insecurity is unclear. Hence, the purpose of this study was twofold: first, to analyse the potentially detrimental effects of job insecurity on employees’ families (e.g., family satisfaction, family cohesion and family flexibility); and second, to determine whether there are differences between men and women in job insecurity perception and its association with the spillover outcomes in family domain. In fact, this study tested competing theoretical predictions surrounding the role of gender related to job insecurity. Using hierarchical multiple regression analyses, the following hypotheses were confirmed: (1) job insecurity was related to lower levels of family satisfaction, family cohesion and family flexibility; (2) gender moderated the relationship between job insecurity and family outcomes, but curiously this moderation results were in an unexpected direction. Women increased their family cohesion and family flexibility when they experienced job insecurity. However, non-differences in job insecurity perception between men and women were found.

摘要

可以找到有关工作不安全感的大量文献。但是，仍然存在一些重大的研究空白。很少有人关注工作不安全感对员工家庭的溢出影响，并且性别在工作不安全感中的作用尚不清楚。因此，这项研究的目的是双重的：首先，分析工作不安全感对员工家庭的潜在不利影响（例如，家庭满意度，家庭凝聚力和家庭灵活性）；其次，确定男女对工作不安全感的看法及其与家庭领域外溢结果之间的关系是否存在差异。实际上，这项研究测试了围绕性别与工作不安全感相关的竞争性理论预测。使用分层多元回归分析，确认了以下假设：（1）工作不安全感与家庭满意度，家庭凝聚力和家庭灵活性降低有关；（2）性别缓解了工作不安全感与家庭结局之间的关系，但奇怪的是，这种适度的结果却出乎意料。妇女在遇到工作不安全感时增加了家庭凝聚力和家庭灵活性。但是，发现男女对工作不安全感的看法没有差异。