Job Insecurity, Job Instability, and Job Satisfaction in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Marcela-Sefora Nemteanu, Vasile Dinu, Dan-Cristian Dabija
Keywords:
job insecurity, job satisfaction, COVID-19 pandemic, promotion opportunities, emerging market,
employees’ competitiveness, Romania
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges regarding employee adaptation to change
as well as job security, with levels of wellbeing and satisfaction being greatly affected. Based on
the literature as well as on Adaptation-level Theory, Stress and Coping Theory, and Motivationhygiene
Theory, this paper approaches the link between job insecurity and job instability
during the COVID-19 pandemic along with employee job satisfaction in an emerging market.
The proposed conceptual model analyses the influence of job instability and job insecurity on
individual job satisfaction, including supervisor support and promotion opportunities. The
survey-based empirical study was implemented with the aid of a questionnaire taken by 568
employees in Romania. The results determined with the help of a correlation analysis highlight
a strong, direct, and positive link between job instability and employee insecurity in increasing
employee competitiveness. The impact of job insecurity and instability on the components
considered in terms of job satisfaction vary. Job insecurity was shown to manifest a negative
correlation only with regard to satisfaction concerning supervisor support and promotion
opportunities. Perceived job instability showed a significant negative impact on individual work
satisfaction, satisfaction with supervisor support and promotion opportunities. This paper also
enhances the human resources literature by demonstrating how organisational competitiveness
might be enhanced during a global pandemic by focusing on employees.
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 10.7441/joc.2021.02.04
Nemteanu, M.-S., Dinu, V., Dabija, D.-C. (2021). Job Insecurity, Job Instability, and Job Satisfaction in
the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Competitiveness, 13(2), 65–82. https://doi.org/10.7441/joc.2021.02.04
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