Psychology Ph.D. Dissertations
Job Insecurity, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, and Job Search Activities: How Work Locus of Control and Control-Oriented Coping Moderate These Relationships
Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department
Psychology/Industrial-Organizational
First Advisor
Steve Jex (Committee Chair)
Second Advisor
Stefan Fritsch (Committee Member)
Third Advisor
William Balzer (Committee Member)
Fourth Advisor
Rob Carels (Committee Member)
Abstract
Past research has identified relationships between job insecurity and both organizational citizenship behaviors and job search activities. The current study expanded on that research by examining the moderating effects of two personality and coping variables--work locus of control and control-oriented coping--on the relationships between job insecurity and the two outcome variables: organizational citizenship behaviors and job search activities. Online survey data were collected from a sample of 309 permanent, non-unionized employees in the United States who worked over 30 hours a week. Hierarchical regression analysis identified a negative relationship between job insecurity and organizational citizenship behaviors, as well as a positive relationship between job insecurity and job search activities. Additionally, control-oriented coping interacted with job insecurity in explaining variance in both organizational citizenship behaviors and job search activities. Work locus of control did not interact with job insecurity in explaining incremental variance in organizational citizenship behaviors and job search activities. Practical implications of results and suggestions for research are discussed.
Recommended Citation
McInroe, Jennifer, "Job Insecurity, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, and Job Search Activities: How Work Locus of Control and Control-Oriented Coping Moderate These Relationships" (2013). Psychology Ph.D. Dissertations. 137.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/psychology_diss/137