Is job insecurity changing the psychological contract

By Janet Smithson, S. Lewis. 2000

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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The Contemporary Career: A Work–Home Perspective (2014, background): “The interdependencies between the work and home domains are reflected in a number of research themes within thework–family arena.”
Psychological empowerment, job insecurity and employee engagement (2010, background): “…turnover of employees, a decrease in worker productivity, and lower levels of commitment, employee engagement, satisfaction, loyalty, and trust in employers (De Cuyper, Bernhard-Oettel, Berntson, De Witte & Alarco, 2008; Greenhalgh & Rosenblatt, 1984; Holm & Hovland, 1999; Smithson & Lewis, 2000).”
Sense of Entitlement to Support for the Reconciliation of Employment and Family Life (2001, background): “(UK woman, aged 30, white-collar worker) Feelings of subjective job insecurity were widespread among all the groups, including those in so-called permanent jobs (Smithson & Lewis, 2000).”
Well‐being and occupational health in the 21st century workplace (2001, background): “Smithson and Lewis (2000) further argue that the perception of high levels of job insecurity may be fuelled by the fact that not only blue-collar occupations, but also professional and graduate jobs that were once deemed secure, are at risk now.”
The Influence of Leadership Styles, Work Environment and Job Satisfaction of Employee Performance--Studies in the School of SMPN 10 Surabaya. (2016, background): “The results of this analysis are also in accordance with the thought of Smithson and Lewis (2000) making sense of job insecurity as the psychological condition of a person (employee) that shows a sense of confused or feel insecure because of the changing environmental conditions.”
Relationship between protean career orientation and work–life balance: A resource perspective (2015, background): “Moreover, a short-term transactional psychological contract (Herriot, Manning, & Kidd, 1997; Rousseau, 1995; Smithson & Lewis, 2000) that is characteristic of many contemporary organizations requires employees to engage in proactive career management to develop in their careers and achieve personal…”
Job Search and Voluntary Turnover in a Boundaryless world: a Control Theory Perspective (2011, background): “Additionally, research in the United Kingdom offers evidence that workers believe psychological contracts are increasingly short term, transactional, and characterized by diminished trust in employers (Herriot, Manning, & Kidd, 1997; Smithson & Lewis, 2000).”