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A Motivational Perspective on Job Insecurity: Relationships Between Job Insecurity, Intrinsic Motivation, and Performance and Behavioral Outcomes.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 05 22; 16(10)IJ

Abstract

As a result of the global economic recession over the past decade, employees have been exposed to constant threats of job insecurity. Despite having conducted extensive research on job insecurity, scholars have paid little attention to the motivational processes underlying employees' reactions to job insecurity. The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between job insecurity, intrinsic motivation, and performance and behavioral outcomes. Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), we propose a mediated relationship in which job insecurity decreases intrinsic motivation, which, in turn, undermines job performance, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and change-oriented OCB. To test our propositions, we collected survey-based data from 152 R&D professionals employed in a South Korean manufacturing company. As predicted, job insecurity was negatively related to intrinsic motivation, which, in turn, had a positive relationship with all three outcomes. Furthermore, job insecurity exerted significant indirect effects on job performance, OCB, and change-oriented OCB through intrinsic motivation. These findings affirm SDT, which posits that motivation, as a key intermediary process, affects employees' reactions to job stressors.

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Shin Y
School of Business, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea. yuhyung@hanyang.ac.kr.
Hur WM
College of Business Administration, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea. wmhur@inha.ac.kr.
Moon TW
College of Business Administration, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Korea. twmoon@hongik.ac.kr.
Lee S
School of Business, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea. meleesky@naver.com.

MeSH

AdultEmploymentFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotivationOrganizational CultureRepublic of KoreaWork PerformanceYoung Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

31121833

Citation

Shin, Yuhyung, et al. "A Motivational Perspective On Job Insecurity: Relationships Between Job Insecurity, Intrinsic Motivation, and Performance and Behavioral Outcomes." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 16, no. 10, 2019.
Shin Y, Hur WM, Moon TW, et al. A Motivational Perspective on Job Insecurity: Relationships Between Job Insecurity, Intrinsic Motivation, and Performance and Behavioral Outcomes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(10).
Shin, Y., Hur, W. M., Moon, T. W., & Lee, S. (2019). A Motivational Perspective on Job Insecurity: Relationships Between Job Insecurity, Intrinsic Motivation, and Performance and Behavioral Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101812
Shin Y, et al. A Motivational Perspective On Job Insecurity: Relationships Between Job Insecurity, Intrinsic Motivation, and Performance and Behavioral Outcomes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 05 22;16(10) PubMed PMID: 31121833.
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