The Effect of Job Security on Deviant Behaviors in Diverse Employment Workplaces: From the Social Identity Perspective

Chuanyan Qin, Kunjin Wu, Xiaolang Liu, Shanshi Liu and Wenzhu Lu
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Chuanyan Qin: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Kunjin Wu: School of Business Administration, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Guangzhou 510320, China
Xiaolang Liu: School of Management, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Shanshi Liu: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Wenzhu Lu: School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: Organizational scholars concur that job security can attach employees to a workplace and improve their job quality. The relationship between job security and employees’ deviant behaviors in the workplace, such as counterproductive work behavior (CWB), lacks insights into how or why this occurs, especially in a diversified employment context. To address these limitations, we developed a theoretical model of job security impact on employees’ CWB from the perspective of social identity. Analysis of employees ( N = 208) and their supervisors in a China state-owned company were used to test the hypothesis. Results confirmed the negative relationship between job security and CWB; organizational identification partly mediates the relationship between job security and CWB. Moderated mediation analyses further indicate that the indirect effect of job security on CWB via organizational identification are stronger for temporary employees than for permanent employees. This article contributes to the understanding of job security’s impact on employees’ deviant behavior, practical implications and research aspects are discussed.

Keywords: job security; organizational identification; employment status; CWB; social identity perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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