ORCID Profile
0000-0003-3061-1737
Current Organisations
KU Leuven
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Lingnan University
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Psychai Talent Group
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Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-03-2015
DOI: 10.1108/JOEPP-01-2015-0002
Abstract: – The recent economic crisis gave rise to job insecurity and had a seemingly greater effect on western than eastern countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine cross-cultural differences of the influence of job insecurity on employees’ wellbeing, innovative work behaviour (IWB) and safety outcomes in the form of attention-related cognitive errors (ARCES) in Germany as compared to mainland China. – S les from both Germany and China rate their job insecurity, work engagement, burnout, IWB and ARCES in a survey. – For both German and Chinese employees there was an indirect relationship between job insecurity and ARCES through burnout. In the German s le, there was an indirect relationship between employees’ job insecurity and IWB through work engagement. In contrast, the Chinese s le only showed the direct relationship between quantitative job insecurity and IWB, but not a mediation effect. – For organizations to be effective and their employees to work safely, it is essential to understand the nature and process of job insecurity in different national contexts. – The present research is unique by relating job insecurity to employee’ innovation on the one hand and safety outcomes on the other. Furthermore, these relationships are examined in the cultural contexts of Germany and China, contributing to the gap of research carried out in eastern contexts.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-07-2019
Abstract: (1) Background: Work-related stress is a major contributor to human error. One significant workplace stressor is job insecurity, which has been linked to an increased likelihood of experiencing burnout. This, in turn, might affect human error, specifically attention-related cognitive errors (ARCES) and the ability to detect errors. ARCES can be costly for organizations and pose a safety risk. Equally detrimental effects can be caused by failure to detect errors before they can cause harm. (2) Methods: We gathered self-report and behavioral data from 148 employees working in educational, financial and medical sectors in China. We designed and piloted an error detection task in which employees had to compare fictitious customer orders to deliveries of an online shop. We tested for indirect effects using the PROCESS macro with bootstrapping (3) Results: Our findings confirmed indirect effects of job insecurity on both ARCES and the ability to detect errors via burnout. (4) Conclusions: The present research shows that job insecurity influences making and detecting errors through its relationship with burnout. These findings suggest that job insecurity could increase the likelihood for human error with potential implications for employees’ safety and the safety of others.
Location: Hong Kong
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