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CHEW Lab: Economic Stress and Job Insecurity

Economic Stress and Job Insecurity Publications

Journal Articles:

Benson, W. L., Probst, T. M., Jiang, L., Olson, K. J., & Graso, M. (in press). Insecurity in the ivory tower: Direct and indirect effects of pay stagnation and job insecurity on faculty performance. Economic and Industrial Democracy.

Hu, S., Jiang, L., Probst, T. M., & Liu, M. (in press). The role of work-family conflict and work centrality in the relationship between qualitative job insecurity and subjective well-being. Economic and Industrial Democracy.

Probst, T. M., Chizh, A., Hu, S., Jiang, L., & Austin, C. T. (in press). Explaining the relationship between job insecurity and creativity: A test of cognitive and affective mediators. Career Development International Special Issue on Job Insecurity and Performance.

Probst, T. M., Petitta, L., Barbaranelli, C., & Austin, C. (in press). Safety-related moral disengagement in response to job insecurity: Counterintuitive effects of perceived organizational and supervisor support. Journal of Business Ethics.

Probst, T. M., Jiang, L., & Lopez-Bohle, S. (in press). Job insecurity and impression management: Which is the horse and which is the cart when it comes to job performance? Career Development International Special Issue on Job Insecurity and Performance.

Shoss, M., Brummel, B., Probst, T.M., & Jiang, L. (in press). The joint importance of secure and satisfying work: Insights from three studies. Journal of Business and Psychology.

Jiang, L., & Probst, T. M. (2019). The moderating effect of trust in management on consequences of job insecurity. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40, 409-433.

Reuter, M., Wahrendorf, M., Di Tecco, C., Probst, T. M., Ruhle, S., Ghezzi, V., Barbaranelli, C., Iavicoli, S., & Dragano, N. (2019). Do temporary workers more often decide to work while sick? Evidence for the link between employment contract and presenteeism in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, n° 1868; doi:10.3390/ijerph16101868.

Probst, T.M., Sinclair, R., Sears, L., Gailey, N., Jennings, K., & Cheung, J. (2018). Economic stress and well-being: Does population health context matter? Journal of Applied Psychology, 103, 959-979.

Byrd, J. L., Gailey, N., Probst, T. M., & Jiang, L. (2018). Explaining the job insecurity-safety link in the public transportation industry: The mediating role of safety-production conflict. Safety Science, 106, 255-262.

Lavaysse, L., Probst, T. M., & Arena, D. F. (2018). Is more always merrier? Intersectionality as an antecedent of job insecurity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), n°2559.

Probst, T. M., Petitta, L., Barbaranelli, C., & Lavaysse, L. (2018). Moderating effects of contingent work on the relationship between job insecurity and safety. Safety Science, 106, 285-293.

Shoss, M., Jiang, L., & Probst, T. M. (2018). Bending without breaking: A two-study examination of resilience and job insecurity. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 23, 112-126.

Jiang, L., & Probst, T. M. (2017). The rich get richer and the poor get poorer: Country- and state-level income inequality moderates the job insecurity-burnout relationship. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 672-681.

Jiang, L., Probst, T. M., & Benson, W.  (2017). Organizational context and employee reactions to psychological contract breach: A multilevel test of competing theories. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 38, 513-534.

Probst, T. M., Petitta, L., Barbaranelli, C., & Lavaysse, L. (2018). Moderating effects of contingent work on the relationship between job insecurity and safety. Safety Science, 106, 285-293.

Probst, T. M., Gailey, N. J., Jiang, L., & Lopez-Bohle, S. (2017). Psychological capital: Buffering the longitudinal curvilinear effects of job insecurity on performance. Safety Science, 100, 74-82.

Probst, T. M., & Jiang, L. (2017). European flexicurity policies: Multilevel effects on employee psychosocial reactions to job insecurity. Safety Science, 100, 83-90.

Probst, T. M. (2016).  Financial insecurity: Putting our money where our mouth is. Stress and Health, 32, 179-180. [IF: 1.926; Q2; 26/79]

Jiang, L., & Probst, T. M. (2016). A multilevel examination of affective job insecurity climate on safety outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21, 366-377.

Probst, T. M., & Jiang, L. (2016). Mitigating physiological responses to layoff threat: An experimental test of the efficacy of two coping interventions. Special issue on Occupational Stress, Human Health and Wellbeing, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13, n° 338.

Probst, T. M., Jiang, L., & Graso, M. (2016). Leader-member exchange: Moderating the health and safety outcomes of job insecurity. Journal of Safety Research, 56, 47-56.

Graso, M., Jiang, L., Probst, T. M., & Benson, W. L.  (2014). Cross-level effects of procedural justice on faculty trust. Journal of Trust Research, 4, 147-166.

Jiang, L., & Probst, T. M. (2014). Organizational communication: A buffer in times of job insecurity. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 35(3), 557-579.

Jiang, L., Probst, T. M., & Benson, W. (2014). Why me? The frog-pond effect, relative deprivation and individual outcomes in the face of budget cuts. Work & Stress, 28, 387-403.

Schreurs, B. H. J., van Emmerik, H., De Cuyper, N., Probst, T. M., van den Heuvel, M., & Demerouti, E. (2014). Faith at work: Does religion buffer or exacerbate the negative effects of job insecurity? Career Development International, 19(7), 755 – 778. *Recipient of 2015 Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence (Highly Commended Paper).

Probst, T. M. (2013). Conducting effective stress intervention research: Strategies for achieving an elusive goal. Stress & Health, 29, 1-4.

Debus, M. E., Probst, T. M., König, C.J ., & Kleinmann, M. (2012). Catch me if I fall! Country-level resources in the job insecurity-job attitudes link. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 690-698.

Konig, C. K., Probst, T. M., Staffen, S., & Graso, M. (2011). A Swiss-U.S. comparison of the correlates of job insecurity. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 60, 141-159.

Probst, T. M. (2011). On the use, misuse, and absence of theory in stress and health research. Stress & Health, 27, 1-2.

Probst, T. M. (2010). Multi-level models of stress and well-being. Stress and Health, 26, 95-97.

Probst, T. M., & Ekore, J. (2010). An exploratory study of the costs of job insecurity in Nigeria. International Studies of Management and Organization, 40(1), 92-104.

Probst, T. M., & Strand, P. (2010). Perceiving and responding to job insecurity: A workplace spirituality perspective. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 7, 135-156.

Reisel, W. D., & Probst, T. M. (2010). Twenty-five years of studies of job insecurity.  International Studies of Management and Organization, 40(1), 3-5.

Reisel, W. D., Probst, T. M., Chia, S-L., Maloles, C. M., & Konig, C. K. (2010).  The effects of job insecurity on job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior, deviant behavior, and negative emotions of employees.  International Studies of Management and Organization, 40(1), 74-91.

Probst, T. M., Stewart, S., Gruys, M. L., & Tierney, B. W. (2007). Productivity, counterproductivity, and creativity: The ups and downs of job insecurity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 80, 479-497.

Probst, T. M. & Lawler, J. (2006). Cultural values as moderators of the outcomes of job insecurity: The role of individualism and collectivism. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 55, 234-254.

Probst, T. M. (2005). Countering the negative effects of job insecurity through participative decision making: Lessons from the demand-control model.  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10, 320-329.

Probst, T. M. (2004). Recent Research of Note: Exploring employee outcomes of organizational restructuring. Organization Management Journal, 1(2), pp. 107-110.

Probst, T. M. (2004). Safety and insecurity: Exploring the moderating effect of organizational safety climate. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 9, 3-10.

Probst, T. M. (2003). Exploring employee outcomes of organizational restructuring: A Solomon four-group study. Group and Organization Management, 28, 416-439.

Probst, T.M. (2003). Development and validation of the Job Security Index and the Job Security Satisfaction Scale: A classical test theory and IRT approach. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 76, 451-467.

Probst, T. M. (2002). Layoffs and tradeoffs: Production, quality, and safety demands under the threat of job loss. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 7(3), 211-220.

Probst, T.M. & Brubaker, T.L. (2001). The effects of job insecurity on employee safety outcomes: Cross-sectional and longitudinal explorations. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 6, 139-159.

Probst, T.M. (2000). Wedded to the job: Moderating effects of job involvement on the consequences of job insecurity. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5, 63-73.

Book Chapters and Other Non-Refereed Publications:  

Jiang, L., & Probst, T. M. (in press). The aging workforce: Psychosocial antecedents and consequences of job loss and job insecurity. In R. Burke, C. Cooper, & A. Antoniou (Eds.), The aging workforce: Individual, organizational and societal challenges. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.

Probst, T. M., Sinclair, R. R., & Cheung, J. (in press).  Economic stressors and well-being: Multilevel considerations. In C. Cooper & M. Leiter (Eds.) Routledge Companion to Wellbeing at Work. London, UK: Routledge.

Probst, T.M., & Lavaysse, L. (in press). Job insecurity: Implications for employee well-being. In R. Burke & K. Page (Eds.), Research Handbook on Work and Well-Being. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Gailey, N. J., & Probst, T. M. (2016). Striving for a stress-free workplace: Examining the role of positive personality on coping and burnout. In A. Antoniou & C. Cooper (Eds.), Coping, Personality and the Workplace: Responding to Psychological Crisis and Critical Events. Surrey, UK: Gower.

Probst, T. M., & Byrd, J. L. (2016). The role of personality in coping with job loss and job insecurity. In A. Antoniou & C. Cooper (Eds.), Coping, Personality and the Workplace: Responding to Psychological Crisis and Critical Events. Surrey, UK: Gower.

Probst, T.M., Jiang, L., & Benson, W. L. (2014; online). Job insecurity and anticipated job loss: A primer and exploration of possible interventions. In U. Klehe & E. van Hooft (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Jiang, L., Probst, T.M., & Sinclair, R. R. (2013). Perceiving and responding to job insecurity: The importance of multilevel contexts. In A. Antoniou & C. Cooper (Eds.), The Psychology of the Recession on the Workplace (pp. 176-195).  Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Sinclair, R. R., Probst, T. M., Hammer, L. B., & Schaffer, M. M. (2013). Low income families and occupational health: Implications for work-family conflict research and practice. In A. Antoniou & C. Cooper, (Eds.). The Psychology of the Recession on the Workplace (pp. 308-323).  Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Probst, T. M. (2012). Economic stress: Psychosocial risks in time of change.  In V. Forastieri (Ed.) SOLVE: Integrating Health Promotion into Workplace OSH Policies (pp. 300-328). Geneva, Switzerland: International Labor Organization.

Probst, T. M. (2012).  Précarité et sécurité au travail : Comment la peur de perdre son emploi menace la sécurité des salariés [Safety and insecurity: How fear of job loss can threaten employee safety.] In E. A. de Chatillon, O. Bachelard, & S. Carpentier (Eds.) Risques psychosociaux, santé et sécurité au travail: Une perspective managériale [Psychosocial risk, workplace health and safety: A managerial perspective] (pp. 135-148).  Paris, France: Vuibert AGRH.

Schoss, M., & Probst, T. M. (2012). Multilevel outcomes of economic stress: An agenda for future research. In. P. Perrewe & J. Halbesleben (Eds.), Research in Occupational Stress and Well-being (vol. 10, pp. 43-86). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

Probst, T. M. (2011). Economic stress: Psychosocial risks in time of change.  In V. Forastieri (Ed.) SOLVE: Integrating Health Promotion into Workplace OSH Policies (pp. 277-306). Geneva, Switzerland: International Labor Organization.

Probst, T. M. (2011). Job insecurity: Implications for occupational health and safety. In A. Antoniou & C. Cooper (Eds.), New Directions in Organizational Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (pp. 313-328).  Farnham, UK: Gower.

Sinclair, R., Sears, L. E., Probst, T. M., & Zajack, M. (2010). A multilevel model of economic stress and employee well-being.  In J. Houdmont & S. Leka (Eds.) Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice: v. 1 (pp. 1-21). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Probst, T. M. (2009). Job insecurity, unemployment, and organizational well-being: Oxymoron or possibility? In S. Cartwright and C. L. Cooper (Eds.) The Oxford handbook of organizational well-being (pp. 398-410).  Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Probst, T.M. (2009). Self-efficacy for adapting to organizational transitions: It helps, but only when the prospects are bright (p. 141-154). Reprinted in O. T. Chen (Ed.) Organizational behavior and dynamics. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Probst, T. M., & Sears, L. E. (2009). Stress during the financial crisis.  Society for Occupational Health Psychology Newsletter, 5(1), 3-4.

Probst, T. M. (2008).  Job insecurity.  In C. L. Cooper & J. Barling (Eds.) Handbook of organizational behavior (pp. 178-195).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, Inc.

Probst, T.M. (2007). Self-efficacy for adapting to organizational transitions: It helps, but only when the prospects are bright. In M. Pearle (Ed.) Industrial psychology research trends (pp. 9-21). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Probst, T. M. (2006).  Job security.  In J. Greenhaus & G. Callanan (Eds.) Encyclopedia of career development, Vol. 1, (pp. 442-446).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, Inc.

Probst, T. M. (2005). Economic stressors. In J. Barling, K. Kelloway, & M. Frone (Eds.) Handbook of work stress, (pp. 267-297). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, Inc.

Probst, T.M. (2004). Job insecurity: Exploring a new threat to employee safety. In J. Barling, & M. Frone (Eds.) Psychology of workplace safety, (pp. 63-80). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Probst, T.M. (2002). The impact of job insecurity on employee work attitudes, job adaptation, and organizational withdrawal behaviors. In J. M. Brett & F. Drasgow (Eds.) The psychology of work: Theoretically based empirical research (pp. 141-168). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Probst, T. M. (1999, April 29). Involve workers in downsizing for better results. The Columbian, p. C2.

Technical Reports:

Probst, T. M., Benson, W., Graso, M., Jiang, L., & Olson, K. (2011). Effects of the budget cuts on faculty, staff, and administrative professionals: A feedback report to WSU.

Available for download here: Budget Cuts Feedback Report_FINAL.pdf