Zusammenfassung
In diesem Beitrag wird das Wesen der Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit beschrieben und es werden konzeptionelle sowie methodische Fragen behandelt, die für das Verständnis ihrer Antezedenzien und Konsequenzen bedeutsam sind. Der vorliegende Forschungsüberblick macht deutlich, dass noch sehr viel theoretische und empirische Arbeit erforderlich ist, um das Wesen der Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit zu erfassen, psychometrisch fundierte Messinstrumente für die verschiedenen Aspekte zu entwickeln, und valide Schlussfolgerungen hinsichtlich der Auswirkungen der Unsicherheit ziehen zu können. Die Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit wird als ein subjektiv empfundener Stressor definiert, der in verschiedene Dimensionen unterteilt werden kann. Die Empfindung von Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit resultiert sowohl aus situationsbedingten als auch aus einer Reihe von individuellen Faktoren. Es gibt konsistente Zusammenhänge zwischen der Wahrnehmung von Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit und Reaktionen wie beispielsweise negativen arbeitsbezogenen Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen und arbeitsbedingten Stresssymptomen. Obwohl bereits einige Längsschnittstudien zu den Folgen der Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit existieren, stammen bisher die meisten Forschungsergebnisse aus Querschnittstudien, und es sind noch erhebliche Anstrengungen erforderlich, um das Wissen um die Auswirkungen der Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit zu erweitern. Es wurden einige Faktoren identifiziert, die das Verhältnis zwischen der Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit und ihren potenziellen Konsequenzen beeinflussen könnten. Zur Verbesserung des Verständnisses, was Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit ist und was sie für den Einzelnen und die Organisation bedeuten kann, müssen die angesprochenen Fragen in theoretischen sowie empirischen Arbeiten angegangen werden.
Danksagung: Dieser Forschungsbericht wurde unterstützt durch das „Swedish Council for Work Life Research (RALF)“, das „Swedish National Institute for Working Life“ im Rahmen des „Joint Programme for Working Life Research in Europe (SALTSA)“ und Alecta. Übersetzung aus dem Englischen: Christian Vetter und Maria Welsing.
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Sverke, M., Hellgren, H., Näswall, K. (2006). Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit: Überblick über den Forschungsstand. In: Badura, B., Schellschmidt, H., Vetter, C. (eds) Fehlzeiten-Report 2005. Fehlzeiten-Report, vol 2005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27971-7_4
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