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The mediating role of frustration of psychological needs in the relationship between job insecurity and work-related well-being

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Vander Elst, Tinne, Van den Broeck, Anja, De Witte, Hans, De Cuyper, Nele·2012·Work & Stress
DOI 10.1080/02678373.2012.703900
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This study aims to test a new process underlying the negative relationship between job insecurity and work-related well-being. Specifically, based on Self-Determination Theory, frustration of the psychological needs for autonomy, belongingness and competence was expected to explain the associations between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion and vigour (i.e. the core energy-related components of burnout and work engagement, respectively). Structural equation modelling using data from a heterogeneous sample of 3185 Flemish employees confirmed that frustration of the three needs mediated the association between job insecurity and both outcomes. These results suggest that job insecurity is related to impaired work-related well-being, because it frustrates employees’ psychological needs. This study contributes to a rather small, but growing body of research on the theoretical explanations of the negative consequences of job insecurity for employees’ work-related well-being.

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  • The threat of potentially losing one's job comes with a severe cost because job insecurity impairs satisfaction of basic psychological needs.

    “Similarly, the threat of potentially losing one's job comes with a severe cost (e.g., greater burnout) because job insecurity impairs satisfaction of basic psychological needs (Vander Elst et al. 2012).”

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    The Test of the hypotheses section reports that job insecurity was associated with greater psychological-need frustration and emotional exhaustion, and that need frustration accounted for much of their relationship. But the Limitations section says the cross-sectional study cannot establish causality, so the claim’s assertion that job insecurity impairs need satisfaction and thereby causes the cost is stronger than the evidence supports. Page numbers were not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Vander Elst, T., Van den Broeck, A., De Witte, H., & De Cuyper, N.
Venue
Work & Stress
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2012-07
Volume
26
Issue
3
Pages
252-271
ISSN
  • 0267-8373 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-5335
DOI
10.1080/02678373.2012.703900
OpenAlex
W2024990025
Cited by
210
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 5
FWCI
16.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Work & Stress (publishedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Vlaamse Overheid
  • Vlaamse regering
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Keywords
job insecurity, work-related well-being, self-determination theory, autonomy, sense of belonging, competence, emotional exhaustion, burnout, work engagement, mediation

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