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<p>Drawing on conservation of resources theory (COR), this study takes a nuanced approach to understanding job insecurity by proposing rumination as a mediator in its relationship with well-being during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The moderating role of psychological capital as a resource to buffer this negative relationship is also explored. A cross sectional study of employees in Ireland during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic found that job insecurity rumination mediated the relationship between affective job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. There was no support for the hypothesis that psychological capital could moderate the relationship between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. Thus, this research advances the job insecurity literature by identifying a potential mediator and moderator in the process of how employees may experience job insecurity particularly during a global pandemic.</p>
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Drawing on conservation of resources theory (COR), this study takes a nuanced approach to understanding job insecurity by proposing rumination as a mediator in its relationship with well-being during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The moderating role of psychological capital as a resource to buffer this negative relationship is also explored. A cross sectional study of employees in Ireland during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic found that job insecurity rumination mediated the relationship between affective job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. There was no support for the hypothesis that psychological capital could moderate the relationship between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. Thus, this research advances the job insecurity literature by identifying a potential mediator and moderator in the process of how employees may experience job insecurity particularly during a global pandemic.

How job insecurity affects emotional exhaustion? A study of job insecurity rumination and psychological capital during COVID-19.

The Irish Journal of Management

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Drawing on conservation of resources theory (COR), this study takes a nuanced approach to understanding job insecurity by proposing rumination as a mediator in...

Variable	Direct and Total Effects
Variable	B	SE	t	P
JI →Emotional exhaustion	.498	0.69	7.25	.000
JI → JI rumination	.680	0.31	21.94	.000
JI → emotional exhaustion	.443	.472	3.25	.001
Indirect effect of JI → emotional exhaustion, controlling for JI rumination	.216	.108	1.96	.060

		Mean	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Gender			−
2	Age			0.29	−
3	Tenure			.065	.410^**	−
4	Contract			−.031	−.124^*	−.173^**	−
5	JI	2.79	1.23	−.018	−.113^*	−.170^**	.191^*	(.94)
6	JI Rum	2.09	1.06	−.051	−.150^**	−.176^**	.110	.687^**	(.86)
7	PsyCap	4.38	.810	−.016	.256^**	.131^*	−.153^**	−.256^**	−.277^**	(.89)
8	EE	3.59	1.57	−.002	−.115^*	−.035	.026	.381^**	.413^**	−.315^**	(.94)

	Dependent variable: Emotional Exhaustion
	B	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
JI	.193	.392	.4910	.623	−.5799	.965
PsyCap	−.595	.269	−2.210	.027	−1.124	−.065
JI x PsyCap	.052	.087	.593	.553	−.1202	.224

How job insecurity affects emotional exhaustion? A study of job insecurity rumination and psychological capital during COVID-19.

Article Category: Research Article

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Jan. 2022

Seitenbereich: 86 - 99

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2021-0009

Schlüsselwörter
Job insecurity, emotional exhaustion, COVID-19, job insecurity rumination, psychological capital

© 2021 Marta Konkel et al., published by Sciendo

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Figure 1

Regression results for mediation

Descriptive statistics, correlations, and scale reliabilities for study variables

Regression Results for conditional indirect effects

How job insecurity affects emotional exhaustion? A study of job insecurity rumination and psychological capital during COVID-19.

Article Category: Research Article

Online veröffentlicht: 29. Jan. 2022

Seitenbereich: 86 - 99

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2021-0009

SchlüsselwörterJob insecurity, emotional exhaustion, COVID-19, job insecurity rumination, psychological capital

© 2021 Marta Konkel et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1

Regression results for mediation

Descriptive statistics, correlations, and scale reliabilities for study variables

Regression Results for conditional indirect effects

Schlüsselwörter
Job insecurity, emotional exhaustion, COVID-19, job insecurity rumination, psychological capital