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How job insecurity affects emotional exhaustion? A study of job insecurity rumination and psychological capital during COVID-19. Cover

How job insecurity affects emotional exhaustion? A study of job insecurity rumination and psychological capital during COVID-19.

The Irish Journal of Management
Volume 40 (2021): Issue 2 (December 2021)
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Open Access
|Jan 2022
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Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Proposed conceptual model

Table 1

Descriptive statistics, correlations, and scale reliabilities for study variables

MeanSD12345678
1Gender−
2Age0.29−
3Tenure.065.410**−
4Contract−.031−.124*−.173**−
5JI2.791.23−.018−.113*−.170**.191*(.94)
6JI Rum2.091.06−.051−.150**−.176**.110.687**(.86)
7PsyCap4.38.810−.016.256**.131*−.153**−.256**−.277**(.89)
8EE3.591.57−.002−.115*−.035.026.381**.413**−.315**(.94)

Note. n = 300. Cronbach alpha values for each scale are reported on the diagonal in italics. JI = Job insecurity; JI Rum = Job insecurity rumination; PsyCap = Psychological capital; EE = Emotional exhaustion. Gender (Male = 1); Age (31–44 years = 1); Tenure (< 5 years = 1); Contract (Permanent = 1).

* p < 0.05;

** p < 0.01

Table 2

Regression results for mediation

BSEtP
JI →Emotional exhaustion.4980.697.25.000
JI → JI rumination.6800.3121.94.000
JI → emotional exhaustion.443.4723.25.001
Indirect effect of JI → emotional exhaustion, controlling for JI rumination.216.1081.96.060
Bootstrap results for indirect effect
ValueBootstrap SELL 95% CIUL 95% CI
Effect.2820.0884.1079.4579

[i] Note: Unstandardized regression coefficients. Bootstrap sample size – 5000. LL – lower limit, CI = Confidence interval, UL = upper limit. JI = Job insecurity; JI rumination = Job insecurity rumination.

Table 3

Regression Results for conditional indirect effects

Dependent variable: Emotional Exhaustion
BSEtpLLCIULCI
JI.193.392.4910.623−.5799.965
PsyCap−.595.269−2.210.027−1.124−.065
JI x PsyCap.052.087.593.553−.1202.224

[i] Note: CI = confidence interval; LL = Lower limit; UL = Upper limit. Bootstrap sample = 5000. JI = job insecurity; PsyCap = psychological capital.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2021-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2451-2834 (formerly 1649-248X) | Journal ISSN: 1649-248X
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Language: English
Page range: 86 - 99
Published on: Jan 29, 2022
Published by: Irish Academy of Management
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
Job insecurity,
emotional exhaustion,
COVID-19,
job insecurity rumination,
psychological capital
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Marketing, sales, customer relations,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Entrepreneurship,
Human resources, labor practice, job and career

© 2022 Marta Konkel, Margaret Heffernan, published by Irish Academy of Management
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