Turnover as a Strategy to Escape Job Insecurity : the Role of Family Determinants in Dual-Earner Couples

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Title
Turnover as a Strategy to Escape Job Insecurity : the Role of Family Determinants in Dual-Earner Couples
Journal
Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Author(s)
Lebert  Florence, Voorpostel  Marieke
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
37
Number
3
Pages
407-421
Language
english
Abstract
Job insecurity is a stressful condition with well-known negative consequences. This study investigated the extent to which individuals voluntarily changed jobs as a strategy to cope with job insecurity, taking into account the family context. We tested whether job insecurity promoted voluntary turnover. Family factors were expected to either hamper or stimulate turnover, and to affect the relationship between job insecurity and turnover. Using longitudinal data from the Swiss Household Panel (2004-2013), we showed that men facing job insecurity were more likely to experience voluntary turnover. For women this was only true when they did not have preschool-aged children at home and experienced low levels of economic hardship. Moreover, family factors influenced voluntary turnover differently for men and women: Economic hardship increased the odds of voluntary turnover for men, whereas a partner's job insecurity lowered the odds for women.
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