An Investigation of Causal Relationships between Job insecurity, Organizational Consequences, and Individual Health among Employees in the Manufacturing Sector

The current study examined the causal relationships between job insecurity, individual health, and organizational consequences in the manufacturing sector. In analysis 1, two-wave data from 650 workers were used. The cross-lagged panel analysis found that there were significant cross-lagged effects of job insecurity on depression, sleep difficulty, and job performance after controlling for demographical variables, psychological and physical job demands, and baseline levels of the corresponding outcomes. In analysis 2, three-wave data from 554 workers were used. Structural equation modeling found that emotional exhaustion fully mediated the longitudinal relationships between job insecurity and individual health (depression and sleep difficulty) and disengagement fully mediated the longitudinal relationships between job insecurity and organizational consequences (job performance and turnover intention) after controlling for demographical variables, psychological and physical job demands, and baseline levels of the corresponding outcomes