Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market

© 2018 Academy of Management. All rights reserved. Why do some workers experience less insecurity than others while facing the same labor market threat? This three-wave field study showed that proactive career behavior can buffer the damaging effects of labor market threats (e.g., an expiring contra...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koen, J., Parker, Sharon
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73260
_version_ 1848762967263281152
author Koen, J.
Parker, Sharon
author_facet Koen, J.
Parker, Sharon
author_sort Koen, J.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description © 2018 Academy of Management. All rights reserved. Why do some workers experience less insecurity than others while facing the same labor market threat? This three-wave field study showed that proactive career behavior can buffer the damaging effects of labor market threats (e.g., an expiring contract), thereby preventing the emergence of insecurity and subsequent stress and career dissatisfaction.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T10:55:58Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-73260
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T10:55:58Z
publishDate 2018
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-732602018-12-13T09:35:32Z Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market Koen, J. Parker, Sharon © 2018 Academy of Management. All rights reserved. Why do some workers experience less insecurity than others while facing the same labor market threat? This three-wave field study showed that proactive career behavior can buffer the damaging effects of labor market threats (e.g., an expiring contract), thereby preventing the emergence of insecurity and subsequent stress and career dissatisfaction. 2018 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73260 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.73 restricted
spellingShingle Koen, J.
Parker, Sharon
Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market
title Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market
title_full Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market
title_fullStr Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market
title_full_unstemmed Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market
title_short Tackling the root of insecurity: Why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market
title_sort tackling the root of insecurity: why some workers experience less insecurity in today’s labor market
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73260