Job Insecurity, Precarious Employment and Burnout
Facts and Fables in Work Psychology Research
Published on 11. August 2023
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-0353-1587-1 (ISBN)
Description
With job insecurity and precarious employment at an all-time high, and burnout labelled as the new worker pandemic, this incisive book sets out to initiate debate and fuel learning in the continually evolving field of work psychology.
Bringing together a diverse group of international experts, the editors pose critical questions that look to the future of research in the field: is job insecurity still relevant in modern employment situations or has it been embraced as part of working life? Is precarious employment still as non-standard as we think? Is burnout more than a hype? And where are we when it comes to interventions in those areas? Chapters offer conceptual and empirical accounts to respond to these issues in research, examining the challenges of finding and using appropriate measurement instruments and future-proofing traditional concepts in light of modern employment conditions.
Looking to the future of occupational health research, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of employment relations, organizational and occupational psychology, and human resource management. Its investigation of union participation and new employment situations will also benefit HR specialists, union representatives and policy makers.
Bringing together a diverse group of international experts, the editors pose critical questions that look to the future of research in the field: is job insecurity still relevant in modern employment situations or has it been embraced as part of working life? Is precarious employment still as non-standard as we think? Is burnout more than a hype? And where are we when it comes to interventions in those areas? Chapters offer conceptual and empirical accounts to respond to these issues in research, examining the challenges of finding and using appropriate measurement instruments and future-proofing traditional concepts in light of modern employment conditions.
Looking to the future of occupational health research, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of employment relations, organizational and occupational psychology, and human resource management. Its investigation of union participation and new employment situations will also benefit HR specialists, union representatives and policy makers.
Reviews / Votes
'This volume makes an excellent contribution to the study of human and societal core issues such as job insecurity, precarious employment and burnout. All of them are lasting phenomena and currently represent critical challenges for scientists, professionals and policy makers.' -- Jose M. Peiro, University of Valencia, Spain 'Nele De Cuyper, Eva Selenko, Martin Euwema, and Wilmar Schaufeli have given us a remarkable book in which some of the leading scholars on job insecurity, precarious employment, and burnout look back at extant literature but also look ahead and reflect on what the future of employment will look like. The chapters in this timely and much needed book, while honoring the work and scholarship of Hans De Witte, one of the leading authors of our times in organizational psychology, will nudge you into asking bigger questions and equip you with ideas and tools to understand (and hopefully improve!) the lives of workers in the 21st century.' -- Andrea Bazzoli, Baruch College, City University of New York, USMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-1587-1 (9781035315871)
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Persons
Edited by Nele De Cuyper, Professor in Personnel Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, Eva Selenko, Professor of Work Psychology, Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University, UK, Martin Euwema, Professor of Organizational Psychology, KU Leuven, Belgium and Wilmar Schaufeli, Professor Emeritus of Work and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and KU Leuven, Belgium
Content
Contents:
Introduction: Facts and fables in work psychology: a critical
interrogation and future proofing of job insecurity, precarious
employment and burnout 1
Nele De Cuyper, Eva Selenko, Martin Euwema, & Wilmar Schaufeli
PART I JOB INSECURITY: LOOKING BACK
1 Job insecurity, job security, job future ambiguity? Oh
my... A new step towards conceptual clarity 12
Gabriel Fischmann, Andreea Corbeanu, Roxana Spinu,
Coralia Sulea, & Drago? Iliescu
2 Job insecurity and job performance: Why do job-insecure
employees not perform better? 30
Jasmina Tomas & Darja Maslic Sersic
3 Borrowing trouble? A debate on how social exchange
theory is used and can be used in job insecurity research 48
Nele De Cuyper, Anahi Van Hootegem, & Lara C. Roll
PART II JOB INSECURITY AND PRECARIOUS
EMPLOYMENT: LOOKING AHEAD!
4 Is job insecurity still relevant? Unpacking the meaning of
"job" and "insecurity" in today's economy 68
Tahira M. Probst, Eva Selenko, & Mindy Shoss
5 Is there a future for research on job insecurity and the
psychological contract in a changing world of work? 87
David Guest & Kerstin Isaksson
6 Can unions represent the interests of insecure workers? 105
Magnus Sverke, Isabelle Ferre Hernandez, Anna S.
Tanimoto, Johnny Hellgren, & Katharina Naeswall
PART III BURNOUT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
7 Burning questions in burnout research 127
Wilmar Schaufeli, Jari Hakanen, & Akihito Shimazu
8 Contextual factors moderating the relationship between
qualitative job insecurity and burnout: A plea for
a multilevel approach 149
Tinne Vander Elst, Sofie Vandenbroeck, & Lode Godderis
9 Age differences in levels and risk factors of burnout
in three European countries: A contribution from
consultancy practice 177
Pulso Group: Dirk Antonissen, Audrey Eertmans, Inge
Van den Brande, & Lore Van den Broeck
PART IV INTERVENTIONS: GETTING PEOPLE ON BOARD
10 Organizational interventions within occupational health
psychology 195
Karina Nielsen & Paula Brough
11 Motivating the unemployed: How motivational
interviewing may help to tailor interventions to different
unemployment profiles 216
Anja Van den Broeck & Maarten Vansteenkiste
PART V METHODS MATTER!
12 Methodological challenges for studying trends in
perceived immigrant threat 236
Jaak Billiet & Bart Meuleman
13 What's in a name! The thin line between being bullied and
lacking social support: Are both 'just' the same? 256
Elfi Baillien & Guy Notelaers
Index 272
Introduction: Facts and fables in work psychology: a critical
interrogation and future proofing of job insecurity, precarious
employment and burnout 1
Nele De Cuyper, Eva Selenko, Martin Euwema, & Wilmar Schaufeli
PART I JOB INSECURITY: LOOKING BACK
1 Job insecurity, job security, job future ambiguity? Oh
my... A new step towards conceptual clarity 12
Gabriel Fischmann, Andreea Corbeanu, Roxana Spinu,
Coralia Sulea, & Drago? Iliescu
2 Job insecurity and job performance: Why do job-insecure
employees not perform better? 30
Jasmina Tomas & Darja Maslic Sersic
3 Borrowing trouble? A debate on how social exchange
theory is used and can be used in job insecurity research 48
Nele De Cuyper, Anahi Van Hootegem, & Lara C. Roll
PART II JOB INSECURITY AND PRECARIOUS
EMPLOYMENT: LOOKING AHEAD!
4 Is job insecurity still relevant? Unpacking the meaning of
"job" and "insecurity" in today's economy 68
Tahira M. Probst, Eva Selenko, & Mindy Shoss
5 Is there a future for research on job insecurity and the
psychological contract in a changing world of work? 87
David Guest & Kerstin Isaksson
6 Can unions represent the interests of insecure workers? 105
Magnus Sverke, Isabelle Ferre Hernandez, Anna S.
Tanimoto, Johnny Hellgren, & Katharina Naeswall
PART III BURNOUT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
7 Burning questions in burnout research 127
Wilmar Schaufeli, Jari Hakanen, & Akihito Shimazu
8 Contextual factors moderating the relationship between
qualitative job insecurity and burnout: A plea for
a multilevel approach 149
Tinne Vander Elst, Sofie Vandenbroeck, & Lode Godderis
9 Age differences in levels and risk factors of burnout
in three European countries: A contribution from
consultancy practice 177
Pulso Group: Dirk Antonissen, Audrey Eertmans, Inge
Van den Brande, & Lore Van den Broeck
PART IV INTERVENTIONS: GETTING PEOPLE ON BOARD
10 Organizational interventions within occupational health
psychology 195
Karina Nielsen & Paula Brough
11 Motivating the unemployed: How motivational
interviewing may help to tailor interventions to different
unemployment profiles 216
Anja Van den Broeck & Maarten Vansteenkiste
PART V METHODS MATTER!
12 Methodological challenges for studying trends in
perceived immigrant threat 236
Jaak Billiet & Bart Meuleman
13 What's in a name! The thin line between being bullied and
lacking social support: Are both 'just' the same? 256
Elfi Baillien & Guy Notelaers
Index 272