Job Insecurity and Company Behavior: Influence of Fear of Job Loss on Individual and Work Environment Factors

Remberto Castro-Castañeda (), Esperanza Vargas-Jiménez, Sara Menéndez-Espina and Raúl Medina-Centeno
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Remberto Castro-Castañeda: Department of Psychology, Coast University Center, University of Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta 48280, Mexico
Esperanza Vargas-Jiménez: Department of Psychology, Coast University Center, University of Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta 48280, Mexico
Sara Menéndez-Espina: Department of Education, Padre Ossó Faculty, University of Oviedo, 33008 Oviedo, Spain
Raúl Medina-Centeno: Department of Psychology, Coast University Center, University of Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta 48280, Mexico

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-9

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to analyze to what extent job insecurity is related to different factors related with quality of work life. Specifically, it refers to the individual (work–family balance, job satisfaction, labor and professional development, motivation at work, and well-being at work) and work environment (conditions and environment and safety and health at work) dimensions of the construct. The sample group consisted of 842 workers (375 men and 467 women), aged between 18 and 68 years, from Bahía de Banderas, Mexico. Pearson correlation coefficients between the different variables were carried out, as well as MANOVA and ANOVA analyses and a linear regression analysis. The results showed that workers with low job insecurity obtained higher scores in work–family balance, job satisfaction, labor and professional development, motivation at work, well-being at work, conditions and environment, and safety and health at work, in relation to workers with moderate and high insecurity. The regression analysis confirmed that individual factors explain 24% and environmental factors 15% of job insecurity. This article makes an approximation to the phenomenon of job insecurity in the Mexican context, where the relationship of this variable with quality of work life is verified.

Keywords: job insecurity; work environment; company behavior; work–life balance; precarious work; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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