Job Insecurity And Its Consequences For Non- Standard Workers And The Organization

Abstract

The study sought to explore the consequences of job insecurity for organization and non-standard workers. Twelve purposively selected research participants participated in a qualitative study conducted at a transnational firm in Zimbabwe. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were utilized to collect data from the research participants. The thematic data analysis method was used to analyze collected data with the help of NVivo software. The study’s findings show that job insecurity is a work-related stressor with detrimental effects on non-standard workers who experience it. Research participants who experienced job insecurity reported work-life conflict, poor physical and mental health, which has an adverse effect on their performance. Additionally, the study’s findings show that job insecurity presents adverse effects on the case transnational firm in Zimbabwe. Research participants identified high safety violations, high levels of absenteeism and intention to leave as the major effects of job insecurity, which affects the operations of the case transnational firm in Zimbabwe negatively. Conversely, the study’s findings showed that job insecurity stimulates non-standard workers’ performance, which in turn enhances the performance of the case transnational firm in Zimbabwe. In this regard, research participants indicated that they work extra hard when faced with job insecurity to avoid job loss, which enhances the organization’s performance. The study recommends that managers and policymakers should formulate and implement policies that minimize job insecurity and enhance employees’ security at work.