The effects of job insecurity on health have attracted only
limited research interest. Studies can be divided into those
that have examined self perceived job insecurity and those
in which job insecurity has been externally attributed to
downsizing or workplace closure. There is consistent evidence
that perceived job insecurity has significant adverse effects on
psychological morbidity and increasing evidence of similar
effects on self reported physical health outcomes, but virtually
no work has investigated effects on physiological measures.1
However, most studies to date have been cross sectional and so
unable to explore the effects of prolonged exposure to
perceived job insecurity or address the issue of change in perceived
security over time.
A study over 14 months among car workers, found that job
insecurity at baseline and follow up increased physical symptoms
above the effects of job insecurity at any one point in
time. Physical symptomatology was assessed using an index of
17 somatic symptoms such as persistent cough and frequent
headaches.2 Similarly, a longitudinal study of public transport
workers found continued exposure to job insecurity was associated
with continuously high levels of psychological stress.3
However, data from a study in Finland indicate that job insecurity
at baseline predicted job exhaustion at first follow up,
which in turn predicted sickness absence at second follow up,
but continued job insecurity at follow up had no further effect
on either outcome.4
Although two longitudinal studies have examined transitions
between job loss or unemployment and re-employment in
an insecure job,5 6 there seems to be no published studies that
have specifically examined change in perceived job security.
The effects of job insecurity on health have attracted only
limited research interest. Studies can be divided into those
that have examined self perceived job insecurity and those
in which job insecurity has been externally attributed to
downsizing or workplace closure. There is consistent evidence
that perceived job insecurity has significant adverse effects on
psychological morbidity and increasing evidence of similar
effects on self reported physical health outcomes, but virtually
no work has investigated effects on physiological measures.1
However, most studies to date have been cross sectional and so
unable to explore the effects of prolonged exposure to
perceived job insecurity or address the issue of change in perceived
security over time.
A study over 14 months among car workers, found that job
insecurity at baseline and follow up increased physical symptoms
above the effects of job insecurity at any one point in
time. Physical symptomatology was assessed using an index of
17 somatic symptoms such as persistent cough and frequent
headaches.2 Similarly, a longitudinal study of public transport
workers found continued exposure to job insecurity was associated
with continuously high levels of psychological stress.3
However, data from a study in Finland indicate that job insecurity
at baseline predicted job exhaustion at first follow up,
which in turn predicted sickness absence at second follow up,
but continued job insecurity at follow up had no further effect
on either outcome.4
Although two longitudinal studies have examined transitions
between job loss or unemployment and re-employment in
an insecure job,5 6 there seems to be no published studies that
have specifically examined change in perceived job security.
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