Job insecurity and its relation to work—family conflict: Mediation with a longitudinal data set

Anne Richter, Katharina Näswall and Magnus Sverke
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Anne Richter: Stockholm University, Sweden, anne.richter@psychology.su.se
Katharina Näswall: Stockholm University, Sweden
Magnus Sverke: Stockholm University, Sweden and North-West University, South Africa

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2010, vol. 31, issue 2, 265-280

Abstract: Previous research on the consequences of job insecurity has for the most part focused on individual as well as organizational outcomes, but rarely considered potential family consequences. Based on longitudinal data from Swedish teachers, the present study tests the relation between job insecurity and work—family conflict. In addition, workload was introduced as a mediator in order to contribute to the understanding of the mechanism relating the two phenomena. Gender differences were taken into account when testing this relation. The results provided partial support for workload as a mediator of the effects of job insecurity on subsequent work—family conflict. However, these results were found only for men, indicating gender differences in how job insecurity relates to workload and work—family conflict.

Keywords: employee health; job insecurity; quality of working life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09358370

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