COMPARISON OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL AND A GLOBAL
MEASURE OF JOB INSECURITY: PREDICTING
JOB ATTITUDES AND WORK BEHAVIORS

Psychological Reports, 2002, 90, 913-922. Psychological Reports 2002

WLLLIAM D. REISEL

MOSHE BANAI

Summary.-This paper examined the multidimensional formulation of job insecu- rity theory described by Greenhalgh and Rosenblatt in 1984. They held that job inse-  curity is multidimensional and is comprised of two principle threats, (1) threat to the job and (2) threat to job features. To date, chere has been no empirical test comparing the predictive value of the separate dimensions of iob insecurity on the outcome
variables commitment, trust, and job search behavior. A total of 276 managers completed surveys of their job insecurity using both multidimensional and global measures  of job insecurity. Regression analysis suggested that the job threat dimension better explains outcome attitudes and behaviors than the job features dimension. Further, contrary to earlier reports, the global measure of job insecurity explained more variance
in two out of three ourcome variables investigated here. Implications for job insecuriry  measurement and theory are discussed.

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