Job insecurity climate: On shared perceptions of job insecurity
Conclusion
A social climate comes into existence when members of a group or organization share the same perceptions. It is therefore of utmost importance that an organization should prevent insecurity perceptions from becoming shared perceptions (e.g., Sora, Caballer, Peiró, & De Witte, 2009), as this will create a job insecurity climate. With the current review it can be concluded that developing better strategies for gathering and distributing information within an organization may prevent such an insecure climate.
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Lena Låstad
Lena Låstad is a Ph.D. student in work and organizational psychology at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University and Stockholm Stress Center. Her...more