Purpose – Departing from the job demands resources model, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether religion, defined as strength of religious faith, can be viewed as resource or as demand. More specifically, the authors addressed the question as to how job insecurity and religion interact in predicting burnout and change-oriented behavior. Design/methodology/approach – The authors co...

OBJECTIVE To examine independent associations of job strain (high demands and low control) and job insecurity with mental and physical health outcomes. DESIGN Cross sectional general population study conducted in 2000 using a self completed questionnaire. SETTING Two adjoining cities in south east Australia. SUBJECTS 1188 employed professionals, aged 40-44 years, 55% (n = 655) male. MAI...

This article contributes to the ongoing debate on the economic determinants of fertility behavior by addressing the role of job insecurity in couples' intentions concerning parenthood and its timing. It starts from the hypothesis that cultural values moderate individuals' reactions to job insecurity and the way it is related to family formation. With a systematic thematic content analysis of a ...

This paper estimates the causal effect of perceived job insecurity i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss on health in a sample of 22 European countries. We rely on an original instrumental variable approach based on the idea that workers perceive greater job security in countries where employment is strongly protected by the law, and relatively more so if employed in industries where employment...

This paper estimates the causal effect of perceived job insecurity – i.e. the fear of involuntary job loss – on health in a sample of men from 22 European countries. We rely on an original instrumental variable approach based on the idea that workers perceive greater job security in countries where employment is strongly protected by the law, and relatively more so if employed in industries whe...

background: a cross sectional study conducted to identify the organizational factors associated to the occupational stress among lecturers in selected community colleges, peninsular malaysia. methods: study was conducted by using cluster-sampling method and 189 self-administrated questionnaires were distributed. a validated malay version of job content questionnaire (jcq) was used to obtain the...

The aim was to explore long-term changes in the perception of job characteristics--based on the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)--in view of the changing labor market in Western societies. A total number of 2,821 workers from nine companies were involved in the longitudinal Belstress-project. Data were gathered on two occasions with a mean time interval of 6.6 yr. At both times, participants com...

Objective: To examine independent associations of job strain (high demands and low control) and job insecurity with mental and physical health outcomes. Design: Cross sectional general population study conducted in 2000 using a self completed questionnaire. Setting: Two adjoining cities in south east Australia. Subjects: 1188 employed professionals, aged 40–44 years, 55% (n = 655) male. Main ou...

This quantitative study determines the impact of job insecurity on employee job performance. Furthermore, the research includes the detailed study of the factors that impact on job insecurity which make employees insecure and uncertain towards their job particularly in higher secondary education, private colleges in Larkana, Pakistan. Moreover, research was conducted through responses collected...