In the current South African context, job insecurity has become a phenomenon to be
reckoned with. Although research on this phenomenon is still scarce, a growing interest in the
perceived experience of job insecurity and its different underlying constructs is obvious from
the increase of job insecurity research. A comprehensive summary of previous research
studies and relevant outcomes is therefore relevant. Up to now, South African studies on job
insecurity have accepted the assumptions and context of international research studies on job
insecurity. It is now time to investigate the influence of the South Afncan context on this
phenomenon and to include this background in future studies.
The main objective of this study was to review, investigate, compare, evaluate and interpret
existing research, conducted internationally and nationally, in order to set a research agenda
through proposing a theoretical model for job insecurity in South Afncan organisations. The
model will primarily serve as an academic tool to new research scholars to identify new
research problems, existing sources of information, relevant measuring instruments, and
contextual variables that may be of interest. The model will also be applicable as a
management tool to understand and deal with job insecurity in South Ahcan organisations.
A qualitative, descriptive research design was followed to perform content analysis and an
extensive literature review. Results of the qualitative content analysis were enhanced with
semi-structured interviews with managers from different organisations (N = 24).
Results indicated gaps between international and South African research studies as well as
the gaps indicated between theory and practice. This was indicated by a comparison between
the South African research results and the results from the semi-structured interviews with
selected managers. These results were integrated into a proposed model for job insecurity in
order to serve as a guideline for future research. It also serves as a tool for managers to be
aware of the presence of job insecurity, and to enable them to improve their management
intervention.
Conclusions and limitations of the study were discussed and recommendations for
organisations and for future research were made. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/1245 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Van Wyk, Marié |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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