Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects.
Although job insecurity and employability have drawn much research attention, the plausible relationships between them and how they jointly influence mental health remain unclear in the literature. We draw upon JD-R and COR theories to test and contrast three plausible relationships between job inse...
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| description | Although job insecurity and employability have drawn much research attention, the plausible relationships between them and how they jointly influence mental health remain unclear in the literature. We draw upon JD-R and COR theories to test and contrast three plausible relationships between job insecurity and employability, using a longitudinal sample of 1,216 employees over eighteen years. We further expand tests of these theoretical positions by considering temporal dynamics, using dynamic structural equation models (DSEMs) for stronger mediation evidence and latent growth models (LGMs) to compare the effects of job insecurity and employability trends in predicting the trend of mental health. In general, findings showed that job insecurity mediated the relationship between employability and mental health, supporting the mediation hypothesis. We also found that employability moderated the relationship between job insecurity and mental health, supporting the moderation hypothesis, although the effect was weak. Results further suggested that the effect magnitudes of job insecurity and employability predicting mental health were significantly different. Specifically, job insecurity was a stronger predictor of mental health than employability across all 18 years; the trend of job insecurity also predicted the trend of mental health more strongly than the trend of employability. Taken together, this study not only advances theory precision but also methodological soundness of research on job insecurity, employability, and mental health, supporting the value of considering temporal factors in examining mental health effects of job insecurity and employability. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-892632022-09-23T00:41:05Z Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects. Sheng, Zitong Griffin, Mark Job insecurity dynamic structural equation modelling employability latent growth modelling mental health relative weight analysis Although job insecurity and employability have drawn much research attention, the plausible relationships between them and how they jointly influence mental health remain unclear in the literature. We draw upon JD-R and COR theories to test and contrast three plausible relationships between job insecurity and employability, using a longitudinal sample of 1,216 employees over eighteen years. We further expand tests of these theoretical positions by considering temporal dynamics, using dynamic structural equation models (DSEMs) for stronger mediation evidence and latent growth models (LGMs) to compare the effects of job insecurity and employability trends in predicting the trend of mental health. In general, findings showed that job insecurity mediated the relationship between employability and mental health, supporting the mediation hypothesis. We also found that employability moderated the relationship between job insecurity and mental health, supporting the moderation hypothesis, although the effect was weak. Results further suggested that the effect magnitudes of job insecurity and employability predicting mental health were significantly different. Specifically, job insecurity was a stronger predictor of mental health than employability across all 18 years; the trend of job insecurity also predicted the trend of mental health more strongly than the trend of employability. Taken together, this study not only advances theory precision but also methodological soundness of research on job insecurity, employability, and mental health, supporting the value of considering temporal factors in examining mental health effects of job insecurity and employability. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89263 10.1002/smi.3190 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Job insecurity dynamic structural equation modelling employability latent growth modelling mental health relative weight analysis Sheng, Zitong Griffin, Mark Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects. |
| title | Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects. |
| title_full | Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects. |
| title_fullStr | Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects. |
| title_short | Job Insecurity, Employability, and Mental Health in the New Era: A Test of Plausible Influence Mechanisms and Temporal Effects. |
| title_sort | job insecurity, employability, and mental health in the new era: a test of plausible influence mechanisms and temporal effects. |
| topic | Job insecurity dynamic structural equation modelling employability latent growth modelling mental health relative weight analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89263 |