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Differences in psychological and physical health among layoff survivors: the effect of layoff contact.
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Having any kind of personal contact with layoffs is found to be associated with less job security, more symptoms of poor health, depression, and eating changes as compared with having no layoff contact.Abstract:
This study examined health and well-being among workers who have experienced varying types of contact with layoffs in an organization undergoing downsizing. Using survey data from a large organization employing both white- and blue-collar workers (N = 2,279), the authors argued that there are important differences among surviving workers as a function of their layoff experiences. Having any kind of personal contact with layoffs is found to be associated with less job security, more symptoms of poor health, depression, and eating changes as compared with having no layoff contact. Being laid off and rehired is associated with more work-related injuries and illnesses and missed work days due to such events than is receiving a "warn" notice, indirect contact (i.e., friends or coworkers laid off), or no contact with layoffs. Job security partially mediates the relationship between type of layoff contact experiences and health.read more
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Who suffers more from job insecurity? A Meta-Analytic review
TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis examined the tenure, age, and gender differences in the relationship between job insecurity and its jobrelated and health-related consequences, and concluded that the negative effect of job insecurity on its health outcomes was more severe among employees with longer tenure than those with shorter tenure, and was worse among older than younger employees.
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Effects of chronic job insecurity and change in job security on self reported health, minor psychiatric morbidity, physiological measures, and health related behaviours in British civil servants: the Whitehall II study
TL;DR: Loss of job security has adverse effects on self reported health and minor psychiatric morbidity, which are not completely reversed by removal of the threat and which tend to increase with chronic exposure to the stressor.
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How broadly does education contribute to job performance
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Overstretched and unreciprocated commitment: reviewing research on the occupational health and safety effects of downsizing and job insecurity
Michael Quinlan,Philip Bohle +1 more
TL;DR: The authors reviewed international studies of the occupational health and safety (OHS) effects of downsizing/restructuring and increased job insecurity undertaken over the past 20 years and found that 73 (85%) of the studies found poorer OHS outcomes.
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The Dynamics of Economic Disadvantage and Children's Life Chances
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new method for assessing economic disadvantage during childhood that simultaneously captures children's overall levels of exposure to economic disadvantage as well as the timing and sequencing of their exposure.
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