Job Insecurity in a Retail Bank in South-africa: Scale Validation and an Exploration of Negative Attitudinal Outcomes
Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: With environments constantly changing in South African organisations, it is highly likely that employees will experience job insecurity. Within this context, the reliable measurement of the job insecurity construct is important. The literature suggests that the fear of losing one’s job itself (quantitative) could be more negative than losing important job features (qualitative). Current measures regarding these two components were investigated in order to establish their reliability across different language groups in South Africa. A cross-sectional design was followed to investigate the reliability of measurements. Participants comprised 178 workers who were randomly selected from a retail banking group. Results indicated that both the qualitative and quantitative job insecurity measuring instruments obtained acceptable Cronbach alpha coefficients, and internal consistency is evident. Recommendations are made for future research and the use of the job insecurity scales. OPSOMMING Met omgewings wat konstant in Suid-Afrikaanse organisasies verander, is dit hoogs waarskynlik dat werknemers werkonsekerheid sal ervaar. Binne hierdie konteks is die betroubare meting van die konstruk werksonsekerheid belangrik. Die literatuur stel voor dat die vrees om die werk self (kwantitatief) te verloor, meer nadelig is as om belangrike werksaspekte (kwalitatief) te verloor. Huidig ontwikkelde meetinstrumente wat met die twee konsepte verband hou, sal ondersoek word om ʼn effektiewe, betroubare meetinstrument te ontwikkel vir verskillende taalgroepe in Suid-Afrika. ʼn Dwarssnit-ontwerp is toegepas om die betroubaarheid van die meetinstrumente te ondersoek. Deelnemers het uit 178 werknemers van ʼn handelsbankgroep bestaan wat lukraak geselekteer is. Resultate dui aan dat beide kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe meetinstrumente vir werksonsekerheid in die totale populasie aanvaarbare Cronbach alfa–koeffisiente asook interne konsekwentheid bewys het. Voorstelle vir toekomstige navorsing word gemaak asook vir die toekomstige gebruik van werkonsekerheidskale.
Author: Mariechen Prinsloo
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W614369701