The role of perceived organizational support in job insecurity and performance

• Autor(a) principal: López Bohle, Sergio Andrés
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Chambel, Maria José, Muñoz Medina, Felipe, Cunha, Bruno Silva da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração de Empresas
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/75319
• topic: Downsizing; job insecurity; job performance; affective organizational commitment; perceived organizational support; Reducción de personal; inseguridad laboral; desempeño laboral; compromiso organizacional afectivo; apoyo organizacional percibido; Redução de pessoal; insegurança laboral; desempenho laboral; comprometimento organizacional afetivo; suporte organizacional percebido

In this study, we develop a conceptual model of the relationship between job insecurity and job performance, which is mediated by affective organizational commitment and moderated via perceived organizational support in a Chilean company that has undergone downsizing. In this cross-sectional study, we focused on 400 Chilean employees from the retail sector. Our findings indicate that job insecurity negatively influences job performance, which is a relationship that is partially mediated by effective organizational commitment. Moreover, a high level of perceived organizational support helped intensify the effects of the relationship between job insecurity and affective organizational commitment. To minimize the negative effects of job insecurity on the active employees of a downsizing strategy, an effective intervention is required by developing a more realistic communication in terms of a worker’s expectations toward the organization.