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dc.contributor.authorSmet, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorVan der Elst, Tinne
dc.contributor.authorGriep, Yannick
dc.contributor.authorDe Witte, Hans
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-16T12:57:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-16T12:57:15Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationSmet, K. et al. 2016. The explanatory role of rumours in the reciprocal relationship between organizational change communication and job insecurity: a within-person approach. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 25(5):631-644. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2016.1143815]
dc.identifier.issn1359-432X
dc.identifier.issn1464-0643 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2016.1143815
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/24575
dc.description.abstractThe current study highlights rumours as an explanation of the reciprocal relationship between perceived organizational change communication and job insecurity. First, we predict that perceiving insufficient organizational change communication may result in rumours, which in turn may shape job insecurity perceptions. Second, we propose that rumours may also mediate the relationship between job insecurity and perceiving insufficient organizational change communication. To test the hypotheses, a multilevel approach was used, in which three measurements were nested within 1994 employees. This enabled us to probe within-person processes, while controlling for possible between-person variation. The results demonstrated a negative reciprocal relationship between perceived organizational change communication and job insecurity. Additionally, rumours mediated both the negative relationship between perceived organizational change communication and subsequent job insecurity, and the negative relationship between job insecurity and subsequent perceived organizational change communication. This study contributes to the literature on job insecurity by offering initial evidence on the relationship between job insecurity and rumours, and by highlighting rumours as a process through which perceived organizational change communication and job insecurity may mutually affect each other.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subjectJob insecurity
dc.subjectrumours
dc.subjectorganizational change communication
dc.subjectmultilevel mediation
dc.subjectwithin-person
dc.titleThe explanatory role of rumours in the reciprocal relationship between organizational change communication and job insecurity: a within-person approach
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.researchID13285440 - De Witte, Hans


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