Unemployment, Underemployment, Occupational Stress and Psychological Well-Being

Winefield, Anthony H.

doi:10.1177/031289620202701s14

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“…environmental clarity, environmental control). Other theoretical models may be applicable as well (see Winefield 2002), such as the theory of learned helplessness (Seligman 1975) where exposure to uncontrollable aversive situations can lead to negative cognitive, emotional, and motivational outcomes among individuals with an unhealthy attributional style, and relative deprivation theory (Feldman et al 1997) which posits that negative outcomes occur as a result of the perception of unjustified violated expectations.…”

Section: Organizational-level Implications Of Job Insecurity and Unemmentioning

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Perceiving and responding to job insecurity: a workplace spirituality perspective

Probst

Strand

2010

Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion

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With unemployment at record highs and rising job insecurity due to the fear of unemployment, it is important to understand the behavioral, physical, psychological, and social ramifications of such insecurity. More importantly, it is crucial to identify variables that may help to prevent and/or alleviate the effects of such job insecurity. To date, there has been scant theorizing or empirical research examining how spirituality may influence the experience of job insecurity or fear of job loss. The purpose of our paper is to develop theoretical propositions regarding the roles that spirituality may play in the appraisal of and response to job insecurity. We begin by briefly reviewing known correlates of job insecurity. Next, we define spirituality for the purposes of this paper; and finally, we develop propositions regarding the role of spirituality in these processes and suggest avenues for empirically testing these propositions. As research on the efficacy of spirituality is growing, investigators look to non‐traditional but complementary methods of treating disease, trauma, and other adverse life events. In a similar vein, we call upon researchers to examine the role that spirituality may play in how employees react to the stressor of job insecurity.

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Section: Organizational-level Implications Of Job Insecurity and Unemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceiving and responding to job insecurity: a workplace spirituality perspective

Probst

Strand

2010

Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion

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“…This reduced level of skill utilisation has been identified as a form of underemployment (Feldman 1996). With studies indicating that the psychological and emotional effects of underemployment can be just as harmful and profound as those of unemployment (Winefield 2002), it is important to recognise that many of the negative effects of redundancy can continue after a return to work. The potentially damaging, ongoing impacts to male identity cannot be ignored.…”

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“Look at Him ... He’s Failing”: Male Executives’ Experiences of Redundancy

Parris

Vickers

2010

Employ Respons Rights J

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Participation and success in paid work is a key element of identity for many men. The increased prevalence of downsizing and the associated discarding of individuals from their workplaces, then, has particular relevance for men. This paper shares qualitative findings from an exploratory phenomenological study investigating the experiences of Australian executives who had been made redundant. Three themes related to male identity are presented here: Failing as the breadwinner; Being less of a person; and, Losing success. The participants in this study shared feelings of anger, sadness, fear and embarrassment as a result of the assault to their identity that accompanied their involuntary redundancies. The impacts of redundancy were not only felt in relation to their job loss, but continued after returning to work. At a time when downsizing continues to feature as a routine part of organisational life-for some, an experience repeated throughout their careers-further exploration of the experience of redundancy and its implications is required.

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“…Many redundant employees do not find a new job immediately (Campbell & Webber, 1996; Crespo et al , 1998; Leana & Feldman, 1992). This move into unemployment is disturbing for the employee considering the strong association between unemployment and psychological distress (Creed & Reynolds, 2001; Fryer & Fagan, 2003; Winefield, 2002). One important, underresearched, factor in the amount of psychological distress experienced during unemployment may be the way in which a person exits their previous job.…”

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Experiential differences between voluntary and involuntary job redundancy on depression, job‐search activity, affective employee outcomes and re‐employment quality

Waters

2007

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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The current study used learned helplessness theory and legacy theory to examine experiential differences in voluntary vs. involuntary job redundancy in a baseline study (Study 1) and a 3‐month retest (Study 2). The sample for Study 1 comprised 102 job seekers who had voluntarily taken a job redundancy and 114 job seekers who had been made involuntarily redundant from their last job. Results at Study 1 showed that voluntarily redundant participants experienced lower levels of depression and engaged in more job‐search activity than those who experienced involuntary redundancy. Employees who became re‐employed 3 months later (voluntarily redundant N = 28, involuntarily redundant N = 26) were compared on depression, organizational commitment, perceived job insecurity and perceived re‐employment quality. The involuntarily redundant employees reported higher depression, lower organizational commitment, higher perceived job insecurity and lower perceived re‐employment quality. The voluntarily redundant employees also experienced a significant drop in depression upon re‐employment while the involuntarily redundant employees reported no significant changes to depression scores from baseline. Implications for practice and future research are discussed together with the limitations of the two studies.

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Unemployment, Underemployment, Occupational Stress and Psychological Well-Being

Cited by 41 publications

References 43 publications

Perceiving and responding to job insecurity: a workplace spirituality perspective

Perceiving and responding to job insecurity: a workplace spirituality perspective

“Look at Him ... He’s Failing”: Male Executives’ Experiences of Redundancy

Experiential differences between voluntary and involuntary job redundancy on depression, job‐search activity, affective employee outcomes and re‐employment quality

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