Essay on I/O Psychology
* Competent
* Individual or situational determinants of well-being:
Summary: Stiglbaner, Selenko, Batinic, Jodbaner (2012) study investigates whether work involvement moderates negative effect of job insecurity on general well-being, and if reduced general well-being moderately explains why job insecurity is associated with increased turnover intentions. The researchers participants were 178 members of an online panel who gave information about their job insecurity, work involvement and two measures of general Well-being (cognitive and affective), 52% of their participants were female. Some of the questions this study addresses is; whether work involvement buffers the negative effect of job insecurity on well-being, and if reduced well-being explains why job insecurity is associated with increased turnover intentions. Their aim was to answer two questions (1) whether work involvement is able to buffer the negative effect of job insecurity on Well-being, (2) whether reduced well-being partially can explain why job insecurity is associated with increased turnover intentions.
In the method, researchers study was part of a comprehensive multiwave online research project on the meaning of work and psychological health. Their data was collected on a German online survey panel and data analyzed refer to the third and fourth wave at an interval of six months intervention at (time 1 and time two) when measures of job insecurity were added to the online questionnaire. Thus this showing that the research design is appropriate for the hypothesis they intend to test. Also, 557 individuals were excluded from the original sample as they did not meet the criteria because they were unemployed or never finished the questionnaires or specify their occupation. This narrowed their study down to 178 subjects, although this is a small sample to generalize, it gave an adequate answer to the hypothesis. In addition the individuals from the final sample were older then the
* Individual or situational determinants of well-being:
Summary: Stiglbaner, Selenko, Batinic, Jodbaner (2012) study investigates whether work involvement moderates negative effect of job insecurity on general well-being, and if reduced general well-being moderately explains why job insecurity is associated with increased turnover intentions. The researchers participants were 178 members of an online panel who gave information about their job insecurity, work involvement and two measures of general Well-being (cognitive and affective), 52% of their participants were female. Some of the questions this study addresses is; whether work involvement buffers the negative effect of job insecurity on well-being, and if reduced well-being explains why job insecurity is associated with increased turnover intentions. Their aim was to answer two questions (1) whether work involvement is able to buffer the negative effect of job insecurity on Well-being, (2) whether reduced well-being partially can explain why job insecurity is associated with increased turnover intentions.
In the method, researchers study was part of a comprehensive multiwave online research project on the meaning of work and psychological health. Their data was collected on a German online survey panel and data analyzed refer to the third and fourth wave at an interval of six months intervention at (time 1 and time two) when measures of job insecurity were added to the online questionnaire. Thus this showing that the research design is appropriate for the hypothesis they intend to test. Also, 557 individuals were excluded from the original sample as they did not meet the criteria because they were unemployed or never finished the questionnaires or specify their occupation. This narrowed their study down to 178 subjects, although this is a small sample to generalize, it gave an adequate answer to the hypothesis. In addition the individuals from the final sample were older then the