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The explanatory role of rumours in the reciprocal relationship between organizational change communication and job insecurity: a within-person approach
- Source :
- European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. 25:631-644
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- The current study highlights rumours as an explanation of the reciprocal relationship between perceived organizational change communication and job insecurity. First, we predict that perceiving insufficient organizational change communication may result in rumours, which in turn may shape job insecurity perceptions. Second, we propose that rumours may also mediate the relationship between job insecurity and perceiving insufficient organizational change communication. To test the hypotheses, a multilevel approach was used, in which three measurements were nested within 1994 employees. This enabled us to probe within-person processes, while controlling for possible between-person variation. The results demonstrated a negative reciprocal relationship between perceived organizational change communication and job insecurity. Additionally, rumours mediated both the negative relationship between perceived organizational change communication and subsequent job insecurity, and the negative relationship between job...
- Subjects :
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Job insecurity
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05 social sciences
Within person
050401 social sciences methods
Organizational commitment
0504 sociology
Job performance
Negative relationship
Organizational change
Perception
0502 economics and business
Psychology
Social psychology
050203 business & management
Applied Psychology
Reciprocal
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14640643 and 1359432X
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e1f2154375d5e1718588245cfc7708f8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2016.1143815