Job Insecurity, Precarious Employment and Burnout

This volume makes an excellent contribution to the study of human and societal core issues such as job insecurity, precarious employment and burnout. All of them are lasting phenomena and currently represent critical challenges for scientists, professionals and policy makers. -- Jos M. Peir, University of Valencia, Spain Nele De Cuyper, Eva Selenko, Martin Euwema, and Wilmar Schaufeli have given us a remarkable book in which some of the leading scholars on job insecurity, precarious employment, and burnout look back at extant literature but also look ahead and reflect on what the future of employment will look like. The chapters in this timely and much needed book, while honoring the work and scholarship of Hans De Witte, one of the leading authors of our times in organizational psychology, will nudge you into asking bigger questions and equip you with ideas and tools to understand (and hopefully improve!) the lives of workers in the 21st century. -- Andrea Bazzoli, Baruch College, City University of New York, US

Edited by Nele De Cuyper, Professor in Personnel Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, Eva Selenko, Professor of Work Psychology, Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University, UK, Martin Euwema, Professor of Organizational Psychology, KU Leuven, Belgium and Wilmar Schaufeli, Professor Emeritus of Work and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and KU Leuven, Belgium

Contents: Introduction: Facts and fables in work psychology: a critical interrogation and future proofing of job insecurity, precarious employment and burnout 1 Nele De Cuyper, Eva Selenko, Martin Euwema, & Wilmar Schaufeli PART I JOB INSECURITY: LOOKING BACK 1 Job insecurity, job security, job future ambiguity? Oh my A new step towards conceptual clarity 12 Gabriel Fischmann, Andreea Corbeanu, Roxana Spinu, Coralia Sulea, & Drago Iliescu 2 Job insecurity and job performance: Why do job-insecure employees not perform better? 30 Jasmina Tomas & Darja Masli Seri 3 Borrowing trouble? A debate on how social exchange theory is used and can be used in job insecurity research 48 Nele De Cuyper, Anah Van Hootegem, & Lara C. Roll PART II JOB INSECURITY AND PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT: LOOKING AHEAD! 4 Is job insecurity still relevant? Unpacking the meaning of job and insecurity in todays economy 68 Tahira M. Probst, Eva Selenko, & Mindy Shoss 5 Is there a future for research on job insecurity and the psychological contract in a changing world of work? 87 David Guest & Kerstin Isaksson 6 Can unions represent the interests of insecure workers? 105 Magnus Sverke, Isabelle Ferr Hernandez, Anna S. Tanimoto, Johnny Hellgren, & Katharina Nswall PART III BURNOUT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 7 Burning questions in burnout research 127 Wilmar Schaufeli, Jari Hakanen, & Akihito Shimazu 8 Contextual factors moderating the relationship between qualitative job insecurity and burnout: A plea for a multilevel approach 149 Tinne Vander Elst, Sofie Vandenbroeck, & Lode Godderis 9 Age differences in levels and risk factors of burnout in three European countries: A contribution from consultancy practice 177 Pulso Group: Dirk Antonissen, Audrey Eertmans, Inge Van den Brande, & Lore Van den Broeck PART IV INTERVENTIONS: GETTING PEOPLE ON BOARD 10 Organizational interventions within occupational health psychology 195 Karina Nielsen & Paula Brough 11 Motivating the unemployed: How motivational interviewing may help to tailor interventions to different unemployment profiles 216 Anja Van den Broeck & Maarten Vansteenkiste PART V METHODS MATTER! 12 Methodological challenges for studying trends in perceived immigrant threat 236 Jaak Billiet & Bart Meuleman 13 Whats in a name! The thin line between being bullied and lacking social support: Are both just the same? 256 Elfi Baillien & Guy Notelaers Index 272