The Social Psychology of Organizations.

The detection of psychiatric illness by questionnaire

Unemployment impairs mental health: Meta-analyses

The authors used theoretical models to organize the diverse unemployment literature, and meta-analytic techniques were used to examine the impact of unemployment on worker well-being across 104 empirical studies with 437 effect sizes. Unemployed individuals had lower psychological and physical well-being than did their employed counterparts. Unemployment duration and sample type (school leaver vs. mature unemployed) moderated the relationship between mental health and unemployment, but the current unemployment rate and the amount of unemployment benefits did not. Within unemployed samples, work-role centrality, coping resources (personal, social, financial, and time structure), cognitive appraisals, and coping strategies displayed stronger relationships with mental health than did human capital or demographic variables. The authors identify gaps in the literature and propose directions for future unemployment research.

Psychological and physical well-being during unemployment: a meta-analytic study.

Employability: A psycho-social construct, its dimensions, and applications

The construct validity of the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) was investigated by using a meta-analysis to summarize previous empirical studies that examined antecedents, correlates, and consequences of job satisfaction. In total, 79 unique correlates with a combined total of 1,863 correlations were associated with the JDI subdimensions. The construct validity of the JDI was supported by (a) acceptable estimates of internal consistency and test-retest reliability, (b) results that conform to a nomological network of job satisfaction relationships, and (c) demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity. Contrasting results with previous meta-analytic findings offered further support for the JDI's construct validity. Limitations of the JDI and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Assessing the construct validity of the job descriptive index: a review and meta-analysis.

“I Have a Job, But . . .”: A Review of Underemployment

This longitudinal study used D. R. Ilgen, C. D. Fisher, and M. S. Taylor's (1979) feedback process model as a theoretical framework to determine whether a sequential chain of cognitive variables mediates an individual's response to performance feedback. One hundred two employees were surveyed 2 weeks after their performance appraisal, and performance was assessed 11 months later at the end of the review cycle. Covariance structure analysis supported the convergent and discriminant validity of the constructs underlying the model and the constellation of structural relationships. A set of cognitive variables was found to completely mediate the relationship between an individual's receipt and response to feedback. Implications for the feedback process and future research are discussed.

A covariance structure analysis of employees' response to performance feedback.

We examined the role of the quality of reemployment in the process of coping with job loss using a panel design and a four‐month interval for 100 displaced workers. The dynamic process of coping wi...

Frances M. McKee-Ryan

Papers

Psychological and physical well-being during unemployment: a meta-analytic study.

Assessing the construct validity of the job descriptive index: a review and meta-analysis.

“I Have a Job, But . . .”: A Review of Underemployment

A covariance structure analysis of employees' response to performance feedback.

A panel study of coping with involuntary job loss