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Job insecurity and job satisfaction in the United S tates: the case of public sector union workers
Author(s) -
Artz Benjamin,
Kaya Ilker
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12044
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , job insecurity , public sector , job attitude , business , demographic economics , labour economics , job performance , psychology , economics , social psychology , economy , engineering , electrical engineering , sense (electronics)
We measure the association between perceived job insecurity and job satisfaction in the U nited S tates and focus on public sector union workers. Job satisfaction decreases with perceived job insecurity among union workers in the public sector and primarily when tenure with an employer is high.