Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "De Witte, Hans"
Now showing items 1-11 of 11
-
Coping with job insecurity – exploring effects on perceived health and organizational attitudes
Richter, Anne; Näswall, Katharina; De Cuyper, Nele; Sverke, Magnus; De Witte, Hans (Emerald, 2013)Purpose – The purpose of the present paper is to investigate how employees’ coping (problem, emotion and avoidance focused coping) may affect the reactions to job insecurity. Because the coping investigated in the present ... -
European perspectives on job insecurity : Editorial introduction
De Witte, Hans; Hellgren, Johnny; Naswall, Katharina; Sverke, Magnus (Sage (Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden), 2010)The year 2010 represents an important year in job insecurity research, as represented by the publication of two special issues. In addition to the present one, the journal International Studies of Management & Organization ... -
Evaluation of the Financial Threat Scale (FTS) in four European, non–student samples
Marjanovic, Zdravko; Greenglass, Esther R.; Fiksenbaum, Lisa; De Witte, Hans; Garcia-Santos, Francisco; Buchwald, Petra; Peiro, Jose María; Mañas, Miguel A. (Elsevier Science Inc, 2015)The Financial Threat Scale (FTS) was designed to asses levels of fear, uncertainty, and preoccupation about the stability and security of one's finances. In previous research with Canadian university students, it was shown ... -
Job design, work engagement and innovative work behavior: a multi–level study on Karasek's learning hypothesis
De Spiegelaere, Stan; Van Gyes, Guy; De Witte, Hans; Van Hootegem, Geert (Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2015)As employees behaviour is a crucial factor for organizational success, the question on how to promote the engagement of employees in their work and boost their implication in the innovation process is central for companies. ... -
Job insecurity and emotional exhaustion: Testing psychological contract breach versus distributive injustice as indicators of lack of reciprocity
Piccoli, Beatrice; De Witte, Hans (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)This study examines the processes underlying the association between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion, proposing that lack of reciprocity in the organizational exchange relationship is a main theoretical explanation ... -
Perceived employability and psychological functioning framed by gain and loss cycles
Vanhercke, Dorien; Kirves, Kaisa; De Cuyper, Nele; Verbruggen, Marijke; Forrier, Anneleen; De Witte, Hans (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the gain and loss cycle ideas from the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory with regard to perceived employability and psychological functioning among employed workers and ... -
The psychological consequences of unemployment in South Africa
De Witte, Hans; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Jackson, Leon T.B. (University of Pretoria. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, 2012)The objective of this study was to investigate the affective experiences, attitudes to work, and job application behaviour of unemployed people. A survey design was used and samples (N = 381) were drawn from unemployed ... -
Review of 30 years of longitudinal studies on the association between job insecurity and health and well-being: is there causal evidence?
De Witte, Hans; Pienaar, Jaco; De Cuyper, Nele (Wiley, 2016)Objective: In this review article, we present an overview of the results of longitudinal studies on the consequences of job insecurity for health and well-being. We discuss the evidence for normal causation ("Does job ... -
The relationship between qualitative job insecurity and OCB: Differences across age groups
Stynen, Dave; Forrier, Anneleen; Sels, Luc; De Witte, Hans (Sage Publications Ltd, 2015)Qualitative job insecurity may be associated with less (hindrance effect) and more (challenge effect) organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). This article disentangles both effects by introducing an intermediate variable. ... -
The Role Of Career Factors In Qualitative And Quantitative Job Insecurity: A Study In Different Organizational Contexts
Urbanaviciute, Ieva; Van der Elst, Tinne; De Witte, Hans (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)Background. The aim of this study is to analyse the determinants of the occurrence of qualitative and quantitative job insecurity. It focuses on three career variables (employability, career exploration, and career ... -
Threat of losing valued job features: the role of perceived control in mediating the effect of qualitative job insecurity on job strain and psychological withdrawal
Van der Elst, Tinne; Richter, Anne; Sverke, Magnus; Näswall, Katharina; De Cuyper, Nele; De Witte, Hans (Taylor & Francis, 2014)Quantitative job insecurity, relating to threat of job loss, has received considerable research attention, but relatively little is known about qualitative job insecurity. The latter relates to uncertainty regarding valued ...