Job insecurity climate's influence on employees' job attitudes: Evidence from two European countries

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-147

  Sora, Beatriz ^a   Caballer, Amparo ^b   Peiró, José M ^b   de Witte, Hans ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Job insecurity climate; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350283260     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320802211968     Document Type: Article

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