How to minimize job insecurity: The role of proactive and reactive coping over time

Job insecurity is no longer a temporary setback but an experience that many workers endure for prolonged periods of time during their career. While there much research on the behaviors may help to cope with negative consequences job (i.e., reactive coping), insight into minimize or even prevent itself still minimal proactive coping). Yet, such crucial advance our knowledge dynamics and offer alternative strategy manage Hence, in this 5-wave weekly survey study among 266 workers, we view as ongoing process fluctuate over investigated whether coping (career planning, scenario thinking, career consultation, networking, reflecting) could future insecurity. Multilevel path analyses showed were either unrelated positively (rather than negatively) related following week, indicating positive outcomes need more establish. Additionally, explored are theory also function buffer insecurity). Results buffering effects, theoretically did not reactively. We discuss efforts needed contemporary careers, despite short-term discomfort.