Moderating Effects between Job Insecurity and Intention to Quit in Samples of Slovene and Austrian Workers

Paul Jiménez; Borut Milfelner; Simona Šarotar Žižek; Anita Dunkl

Paul Jiménez
Borut Milfelner
Simona Šarotar Žižek
Anita Dunkl

Keywords: intention to quit, job insecurity, job satisfaction, resources, recovery, stress

Abstract

Job insecurity is a serious stressor in the work environment, with negative work- related outcomes. The effects of job insecurity strongly depend on the country’s economic condition. The present study investigated the relationship among job insecurity, job satisfaction, and the intention to quit as well as possible mediating variables (resources/recovery and stress). The samples of 251 Slovene and 219 Austrian workers were analyzed. The data indicated that job insecurity is related to higher stress and intention to quit as well as to lower resources/recovery at the workplace. Stress is an important mediator in the relationship between resources/ recovery and job satisfaction as well as intention to quit. These relationships were found in both samples.

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Author Biographies

Paul Jiménez

Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria
E-mail: paul.jimenez@uni-graz.at

Dr. Paul Jiménez works at the University of Graz in the Work, Organizational, and Environmental Psychology Department. Currently, his main field of research is work-related stress and recovery, as well as job satisfaction, burnout, and leadership. His scientific contribution is visible in a long list of publications to this field. He is also working in the practical field as a consultant in the area of workplace health promotion, a participant of norming committees (Austrian norms and ISO), a member of the Work, Economic, and Organizational Psychology Division of the Austrian Federation of Psychologists (BOEP), and a delegate of Austria for the Standing Committee of Work and Organizational Psychology in the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations.

Borut Milfelner

Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia
E-mail: borut.milfelner@um.si

Dr. Borut Milfelner is an associate professor of marketing at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, Faculty of Economics and Business. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics in 2010. His research interests include the areas of marketing research, internal marketing, consumer behavior, tourism marketing, and resource-based theory. His scientific bibliography consists of 32 published scientific articles (12 of them in JCR-indexed journals), 37 scientific conference contributions, 5 scientific monographs, and participation in several research projects. He is also a member of the editorial board of three scientific journals in the field of marketing and management and a reviewer for several domestic and international scientific journals.

Simona Šarotar Žižek

Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia
E-mail: simona.sarotar-zizek@um.si

Simona Šarotar Žižek, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Economic and Business. She is the author and/or co-author of several articles published in various international and Slovenian journals and/or presented at scientific and expert conferences. She has prepared several scientific monographs and chapters in scientific and expert monographs. On several occasions she has been invited to present her papers at scientific and expert conferences. She is also active in preparing and implementing projects.

Anita Dunkl

Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria
E-mail: anita.dunkl@uni-graz.at

Mag. Anita Dunkl is a research associate at the University of Graz in the Work, Organizational, and Environmental Psychology Department. Anita graduated with a master’s degree in work and organizational psychology, focused on job satisfaction. She continued her research at the University of Graz, working in different fields of work and organizational psychology. Her main field of research includes health-promoting leadership, workplace health promotion, burnout, and work-related stress and recovery.

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