Piccoli, Beatrice and Callea, Antonino and Urbini, Flavio and Chirumbolo, Antonio and Ingusci, Emanuela and De Witte, Hans (2017) Job insecurity and performance: the mediating role of organizational identification. Personnel Review, 46 (8). pp. 1508-1522. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-05-2016-0120
Piccoli, Beatrice and Callea, Antonino and Urbini, Flavio and Chirumbolo, Antonio and Ingusci, Emanuela and De Witte, Hans (2017) Job insecurity and performance: the mediating role of organizational identification. Personnel Review, 46 (8). pp. 1508-1522. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-05-2016-0120
Piccoli, Beatrice and Callea, Antonino and Urbini, Flavio and Chirumbolo, Antonio and Ingusci, Emanuela and De Witte, Hans (2017) Job insecurity and performance: the mediating role of organizational identification. Personnel Review, 46 (8). pp. 1508-1522. DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-05-2016-0120
Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend knowledge about theoretical explanations of the job insecurity-performance relationship. Specifically, the authors examine how and why job insecurity is negatively associated with task and contextual performance (i.e. organizational citizenship behavior) and whether organizational identification may account for these relationships. Design/methodology/approach The mediational hypotheses were examined using structural equation modeling in a heterogeneous sample of Italian employees. Findings Consistent with social identity theory, results show that job insecurity is related to reduced levels of identification with the organization and, consequently, to low task and contextual performance. These findings suggest that employees’ behaviors in job insecure contexts are also driven by evaluations about the perceived belongingness to the organization. Practical implications The research supports initial evidence that it is possible to prevent low performance resulting from job insecurity by designing interventions to boost organizational identification. By ensuring a sense of belonging and providing a positive basis for employees’ social identity, managers may increase involvement and attachment to the organization. Originality/value This study provides a deeper understanding of behavioral reactions to job insecurity and adds a path unexplored so far, by introducing a theoretical perspective from social psychology. Job insecurity may represent a specific condition that leads organizational identification to be a key mechanism for employees and their behaviors.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Performance; Quantitative; Social identity theory; Job insecurity; Organizational citizenship behaviour; Organizational identification |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD58.7 Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2017 12:06 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 17:11 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/20764 |