Job insecurity, employability and satisfaction among temporary and permanent employees in post-crisis Europe

De Cuyper, N., Piccoli, B., Fontinha, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2390-098X and De Witte, H. (2019) Job insecurity, employability and satisfaction among temporary and permanent employees in post-crisis Europe. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40 (2). pp. 173-192. ISSN 1461-7099 doi: 10.1177/0143831X18804655

Abstract/Summary

Earlier studies established that perceived job insecurity is more strongly related to the experiences of permanent employees, and conversely that perceived employability is more strongly related to the experiences of temporary employees. We challenge these results against the background of the 2008/2009 crisis using samples from the 2010 European Social Survey with employees from Continental and Mediterranean Europe. First, we argue that job insecurity has become a structural phenomenon that associates with temporary and permanent employees’ satisfaction in the same fashion, which found overall support. Second, we argue that employability may have become important for all employees, regardless of contract type, which was largely supported. A cause for concern is that the relationship between perceived job insecurity and satisfaction was comparatively stronger than the relationship between perceived employability and satisfaction. This may suggest that employees have not yet fully embraced ideas about employability as the new form of security.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/77378
Identification Number/DOI	10.1177/0143831X18804655
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > International Business and Strategy
Publisher	Sage
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