Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Orientation: Increasing trends of re-organisation, restructuring and downsizing in the gold mining industry has led to workers feeling unsecure in employment. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a measure of quantitative and qualitative job insecurity for employees in a South African based gold mining company. Motivation for the study: Limited research on the topic of job insecurity in the mining industry in particular, taking into account the demographic diversity represented in South Africa, exists. Research design, approach and method: A cross-sectional survey design with a random sample (n = 566) from a South Africa based mining company was used. The measures of Hellgren, Sverke and Isaksson (1999), which have not previously been investigated in South Africa, were applied, together with a biographical questionnaire. Construct (structural) equivalence was initiated to calculate the comparison of the factor structure for the different cultural groups. To determine the significance of differences between job insecurity of different groups, e.g. groups based on gender, marital status, qualification and language a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used. Main findings: Results confirmed construct equivalence for quantitative job insecurity for all the language groups. For qualitative job insecurity, the scale shows no equivalence for the African languages group. Statistically significant differences were found between the levels of job insecurity of employees in terms of gender. Practical/managerial implications: Specific attention can be given to moderating variables for the mitigation of the consequences of job insecurity. Further research in the field of job
Author: Melissa Jacobs
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1598298771