Change from insecure to secure employment
Little research has examined effects on health of regaining job
security having previously felt one’s job to be insecure. A study
in Sweden, which examined perceived job insecurity as a predictor,
showed adverse effects on mental, but not physical
health, one year later.14 Similar findings have been made in
relation to attributed job insecurity, several studies of the survivors
of downsizing having demonstrated effects on health
after the job threat has been removed.16–18 Such observations,
which seem to be confirmed in our findings, indicate that
removal of the threat of job insecurity will not immediately
remove the risk of raised morbidity.