An Evaluation of Borg’s Cognitive and Affective Job Insecurity Scales
International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 20; November 2011

Thomas Staufenbiel
Cornelius J. König

Abstract 

This study evaluates Borg’s (1992; Borg & Elizur, 1992) scale of affective and cognitive job insecurity. The goal was to answer the question whether the correlational pattern of affective job insecurity with other outcome variables is different or similar to the correlational pattern of cognitive job insecurity with the same variables. It could be similar because affective and cognitive job insecurity might be related aspects of the job insecurity experience. It could be different because Borg’s affective job insecurity scale might be rather the affective reaction to imagining losing one’s job. An empirical tested with a sample of German nonmanagerial employees showed the independence of affective and cognitive job insecurity and revealed significantly different correlational patterns of affective vs. cognitive job insecurity. It is argued that Borg’s affective job insecurity scale can be understood as an indirect measure of the affinity to the job.  Keywords: affective and cognitive job insecurity; job attitudes; performance  

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