Hans De Witte

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of job insecurity on workers differ according to their professional position, gender, and age, and how important is job insecurity compared to other stressors on the workfloor.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the role of basic need satisfaction, as defined within Self-Determination Theory, in the relationships between job demands, job resources, and employees' exhaustion and vigour, the main components of burnout and engagement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and validated a Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction Scale (W-BNS) to assess the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

TL;DR: This article found that holding an extrinsic, relative to an intrinsic, work value orientation was associated with less positive outcomes (i.e., less satisfaction with, dedication to and vitality while on the job) and more negative outcomes (e.g., higher emotional exhaustion, short-lived satisfaction after successful goal-attainment, and turn-over intention).

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the literature on job insecurity is presented, and the prevalence of job insecurity among workers is discussed, and various antecedents are charted, and some practical suggestions are made in order to reduce the harmful effects of insecurity.