Wu, C-H orcid.org/0000-0002-8011-6323, Wang, Y, Parker, SK et al. (1 more author) (2020) Effects of Chronic Job Insecurity on Big Five Personality Change. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105 (11). pp. 1308-1326. ISSN 0021-9010
Abstract
Drawing on Cybernetic Big Five Theory, we propose that chronic job insecurity is associated with an increase in neuroticism and decreases in agreeableness and conscientiousness (the 3 traits that reflect stability). Data collected from 1,046 employees participating in the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia survey over a 9-year period were analyzed. Job insecurity and the other job-related variables (i.e., job control, time demand, and job stress) were measured in all years, and personality was measured at the first, fifth, and ninth years. We applied latent trait–state-occasion modeling and specified models using variables across two timeframes (from Time 1 to Time 4 and from Time 5 to Time 9). Results showed that chronic job insecurity over four or five preceding years predicted a small increase in neuroticism and a small decrease in agreeableness in both timeframes, and a small decrease in conscientiousness in the first timeframe. We also found that chronic job stress explained the association between chronic job insecurity and the increase in neuroticism, but not changes in other personality traits, in the first timeframe. Similar results were obtained when the entire 9-year timeframe was examined. The results generally showed null effects of chronic job insecurity with regard to extraversion and openness (the traits that reflect plasticity). This study suggests that job insecurity has important implications for one’s personality when experienced over a long-term period.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020, American Psychological Association. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: http://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000488. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | chronic job insecurity, personality development, Big Five personality, longitudinal study, trait-state–occasion model |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2020 16:12 |
Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2020 15:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/apl0000488 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155917 |