Does The Perception of Job Insecurity Bring Emotional Exhaustion? The Relationship between Job Insecurity, Affective Commitment and Emotional Exhaustion

Gokhan Kerse, Daimi Kocak and Sefik Ozdemir
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Gokhan Kerse: Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University
Daimi Kocak: Erzincan University
Sefik Ozdemir: Aksaray University

Business and Economics Research Journal, 2018, vol. 9, issue 3, 651-663

Abstract: This studyexamines the effect of job insecurity on the level of emotional exhaustion and the role of affective commitment level on this influence. The survey (was conducted on 136 employees of a company operating in the manufacturing sector. Data were collected by questionnaire technique. In the process of analyzing the data was used SPSS and AMOS packaging programs.Structural equation modeling analysis was used to test the hypotheses developed in the research. The findings of the analysis showed that job insecurity effects affective commitment in the negative direction and emotional exhaustion in the positive direction. In addition, it has been determined that affective commitment plays a partial mediating role on the effect of job insecurity on emotional exhaustion. In other words; job insecurity affectsemotional exhaustion both directly and through affective commitment. The findings in the research are thought to contribute to both the literature and the business managers.

Keywords: Job Insecurity; Affective Commitment; Emotional Exhaustion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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