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The Health and Safety Effects of Job Insecurity: An Evaluation of the Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Philip Bohle ,
Michael Quinlan  and
Claire Mayhew
Philip Bohle
Affiliation:
School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour
Michael Quinlan
Affiliation:
School of Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour
Claire Mayhew
Affiliation:
Industrial Relations Research Centre, The University of New South Wales
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Abstract

Since the 1930s, research has indicated that unemployment has serious effects on physical and psychological well-being. Recent evidence confirms these findings and provides greater insight into the processes by which unemployment influences health. It is less widely recognised that job insecurity can also adversely affect the health and well-being of workers. This paper reviews the rapidly growing body of research on the health impact of job insecurity and organisational practices that produce insecurity, such as downsizing and restructuring. Our review identified sixty-eight studies, using a variety of methods and measures, published internationally since 1966. Eighty-eight per cent of these studies indicated that job insecurity was associated with diminished worker health and well-being. Implications of this finding for labour market and industrial relations policies, as well as occupational health and safety, are discussed.

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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , June 2001 , pp. 32 - 60
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2001

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Footnotes

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The authors wish to thank Dr Anthony LaMontagne of Monash University and Associate Professor Lewis Pepper of Boston University for helping us obtain a copy of the report on downsizing in the US Department of Energy prepared by Dr Pepper and Miriam Messinger for NIOSH.

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