Magnus Sverke

Bio: Magnus Sverke is an academic researcher from Stockholm University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Job satisfaction & Job attitude. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 186 publications receiving 7798 citations. Previous affiliations of Magnus Sverke include Swedish Institute & North-West University.

No security: a meta-analysis and review of job insecurity and its consequences.

Abstract: Meta-analytic techniques were used to estimate how job insecurity relates to its postulated outcomes. Consistent with the conceptual framework, the results indicate that job insecurity has detrimental consequences for employees' job attitudes, organizational attitudes, health, and, to some extent, their behavioral relationship with the organization. Moderator analyses suggest that these relationships may be underestimated in studies relying on single-item measures of job insecurity and that the behavioral consequences of insecurity are more detrimental among manual, as compared with nonmanual, workers. Recommendations made for future research include utilization of multidimensional measures, consideration of a broader spectrum of outcomes and moderators, and use of longitudinal designs.

A Two-dimensional Approach to Job Insecurity: Consequences for Employee Attitudes and Well-being

Abstract: The issue of job insecurity has received growing recognition in connection with increased unemployment and the use of large workforce reductions to improve organizational effectiveness and competitive ability. Although research suggests that job insecurity is negatively related to employee work attitudes and well-being, some issues concerning these relationships have not yet been fully addressed. First, concerns about the continued existence of one's job (quantitative insecurity) and important job features (qualitative insecurity) could relate differently to the outcomes. Second, empirical research has not systematically controlled for mood dispositions, although a growing body of literature suggests that this should be a standard procedure when self-rated stress reactions are measured. Third, most studies are cross-sectional and thus unable to control for prior levels of the outcome variables. Based on longitudinal data from a Swedish organization undergoing downsizing (N =375), this study revealed that ...

The Nature of Job Insecurity: Understanding Employment Uncertainty on the Brink of a New Millennium

Abstract: Cet article porte sur la nature de l’insecurite au travail et traite de donnees aussi bien conceptuelles que methodologiques en rapport avec notre comprehension de ses consequences. Une revue de litterature debouche sur le constat qu’il est necessaire de faire appel a nombre de travaux theoriques et empiriques pour cerner la nature de l’insecurite au travail, developper des mesures psychometriquement valides de ses differents aspects et parvenir a des conclusions pertinentes sur les effets de l’insecurite. L’insecurite au travail est d’abord definit comme une source de stress multidimensionnelle relevant de l’experience subjective. Ensuite, les nombreux aspects de l’insecurite au travail peuvent avoir des consequences divergentes ou du moins etre differentiellement relies a des variables dependantes potentielles telles que les attitudes relatives au travail, la performance professionnelle, la sante physique, le bien-etre mental ou les symptomes de stress induits par le travail. Puis, etant donne que la plupart des recherches sur l’insecurite au travail ont ete transversales, il reste a effectuer beaucoup d’investigations avant que nous sachions comment, ou si, l’insecurite contribue a modifier ces variables, Enfin, on peut imaginer nombre de facteurs susceptibles d’avoir un impact sur les relations entre l’insecurite au travail et ses retombees possibles. Pour ameliorer la comprehenions de ce qu’est l’insecurite au travail et de ce qu’elle peut impliquer pour l’individu, il est indispensable de prendre en compte ces donnees dans des recherches aussi bien theoriques qu’empiriques. This paper focuses on the nature of job insecurity and addresses conceptual as well as methodological issues affecting our understanding of its consequences. A review of the literature suggests that a great deal of theoretical and empirical work is needed to capture the nature of job insecurity, develop psychometrically sound measures of the different aspects, and arrive at valid conclusions regarding the effects of insecurity. First, job insecurity is defined as a subjectively experienced stressor which may be divided into different dimensions. Second, the multiple aspects of job insecurity may have divergent consequences or at least be differentially related to potential outcomes such as work-related attitudes, job performance, physical health, mental well-being, and job-induced stress symptoms. Third, given that most studies on job insecurity have been cross-sectional, a lot of work remains before we know how, or if, insecurity contributes to changes in such outcomes. Fourth, there are a number of plausible factors that may moderate the relationships between job insecurity and its potential outcomes. Addressing these issues in theoretical as well as empirical work is necessary, we argue, to improve the understanding of both what job insecurity is and what it may imply for the individual.

Predicting Perceived Employability: Human Capital or Labour Market Opportunities?

Abstract: Employability is believed to be a crucial concept concerning employees’ job security. This study investigates whether factors associated with human capital and the dual labour market predict percei ...

Does job insecurity lead to impaired well-being or vice versa? Estimation of cross-lagged effects using latent variable modelling

Abstract: Although research suggests that job insecurity is associated with impaired employee well-being, there is insufficient empirical evidence to draw any causal inferences since most studies are cross-sectional and thus do not control for previous levels of health symptoms. We used longitudinal questionnaire data to investigate the direction of the relationship between job insecurity and health complaints. After controlling for prior levels of mental and physical health complaints and five other variables that could potentially confound the results (gender, age, organizational tenure, family status, and education), the results of latent variable modelling showed that the cross-lagged effect of job insecurity on mental health complaints, one year later, was significant whereas the reversed effects of mental and physical health complaints on subsequent insecurity were non-significant. However, there was no significant cross-lagged effect of job insecurity on physical health complaints. The results provide empirical support for the theoretical notion that job insecurity leads to health complaints, and imply that prior levels of health should be taken into consideration in order to explain the relative effect of perceived job insecurity on the physical and mental health of the workforce. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Regression Diagnostics: Identifying Influential Data and Sources of Collinearity

Abstract: 1. Introduction and Overview. 2. Detecting Influential Observations and Outliers. 3. Detecting and Assessing Collinearity. 4. Applications and Remedies. 5. Research Issues and Directions for Extensions. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.