Felt Job Insecurity and Union Membership: The Case of Temporary Workers

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Felt Job Insecurity and Union Membership: The Case of Temporary Workers

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The present study investigates the relationship between felt job insecurity and union membership accounting for potential differences between temporary and permanent workers. Consistent with the idea that felt job insecurity leads workers to seek social protection from the unions, and with earlier studies, we hypothesize a positive relationship between felt job insecurity and union membership (Hypothesis 1). Furthermore, we argue that this relationship may be stronger among temporary compared...

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Research paper

Research format

Journal article

Date created

2014

Creator

De Cuyper, N. / De Witte, H. / Sverke, M. / Hellgren, J. / Naswall, K.

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13352

Related subjects

contingent employment / fixed-term employment / job insecurity / social protection / union / Economics / Applied Economics / Labour Economics / Psychology and Cognitive Sciences / Psychology / Industrial and Organisational Psychology

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