Job Insecurity Perceptions of Employees: The Differences between Employees with and without Parenting Responsibilities

Year 2018, Volume: 26 Issue: 37, 81 - 102, 31.07.2018

Anıl Boz-semerci

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2018.03.04

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The present study explores the perceptional dimension of job insecurity and individual differences related to parenting responsibilities. Understanding the perceptual differences of job insecurity contributes the examination of its work and organization related outcomes. For this purpose, the data of this research were obtained from forty-two employees of a private energy company in Turkey. The twenty participants have parenting responsibilities and twenty-two don’t have. A semistructured interview was conducted with each employee, and the data were analyzed by content analysis. The obtained findings indicated that employees in the same organization, department, with the same job have different perceptions on job and on importance of job features, concerning to parenting responsibility. In addition, it has been observed that employees differ in the work outcomes (such as absenteeism, intention to leave work) related to job insecurity, depending on their parental status.

Keywords

Job Insecurity, Parenthood, Job Demand-Control, Work Outcomes

Çalışanların İş Güvencesizliği Algısı: Ebeveyn Olan ve Olmayan Çalışanlar Arasındaki Farklılıklar

Abstract

Bu çalışma, iş güvencesizliğinin algısal boyutunu ve ebeveynlik sorumluluklarına göre oluşan bireysel farklılıkları araştırmaktadır. İş güvencesizliğinin algısal boyutunu anlamak, bu algının işe ve örgüte ilişkin çıktılarını açıklama noktasında katkı sağlayacaktır. Bu amaçla, çalışmanın verileri Türkiye’de özel bir enerji firmasında çalışan kırk iki çalışandan elde edilmiştir. Katılımcıların yirmisinin ebeveynlik sorumlulukları var iken, yirmi ikisinin ebeveynlik sorumluluğu bulunmamaktadır. Çalışanlarla yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme gerçekleştirilmiş ve veriler içerik analizi ile analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar, aynı örgüt ve birimde, aynı işe sahip çalışanların, ebeveynlik sorumluluklarına göre, işe ve işin sunduğu ayrıcalıkların önemine dair farklı görüşleri olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca çalışanların ebeveynlik durumlarına göre iş güvencesizliği ile alakalı işe ilişkin çıktılar (işe gelmeme, işten ayrılma niyeti gibi) noktasında da farklılık gösterdikleri görülmüştür.

Keywords

İş Güvencesizliği, Ebeveynlik, İş Talep-Kontrol, İşe ilişkin Çıktılar

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