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2020-11

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Yüce Selvi, Ümran

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Having a job is essential in numerous ways for many individuals to sustain their lives. Perceiving a threat regarding the future of the job (i.e., job insecurity), on the other hand, is one of the most substantial work stressors associated with many adverse impacts. Job insecurity has traditionally been viewed as an individual experience; however, there can be a climate of job insecurity representing a collective concern. The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the job insecurity construct and its relation to employee behaviors. Two empirical studies were conducted to investigate this aim. Study 1 tested the dimensionality of the job insecurity construct and how different dimensions relate to exit, voice (considerate), loyalty, and neglect in a sample of employees in Turkey. The results showed that job insecurity had a four-dimensional structure containing individual and climate job insecurity, both with the concerns about losing the job itself (quantitative job insecurity) and valuable job features (qualitative job insecurity). Different dimensions had distinct relationships with behaviors, and job insecurity climate had incremental validity beyond individual job insecurity in explaining exit and loyalty. Study 2 investigated the effects of job insecurity dimensions on different voice responses in a sample of unionized employees in Turkey. The results indicated that qualitative aspects of job insecurity were more potent in predicting unionized employees’ voice than quantitative aspects. Overall, the findings demonstrate the importance of considering the dimensionality of the job insecurity construct to reach a better understanding of this phenomenon and its effects on employee behaviors.

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Job Insecurity Climate, Exit, Voice, Loyalty, Neglect

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69078

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis