Title: Job insecurity and happenstance skill: a concept-based framework for contemporary workplace

Authors: Priyanka Vincent; Murale Venugopalan

Addresses: Amrita School of Business – Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Tamilnadu, India ' Amrita School of Business Kochi, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Campus, Ponekkara Kochi, Kerala 682047, India

Abstract: Job insecurity (J.I.) research has focused extensively on the detrimental effects on individuals and organisations. In this conceptual article, we examine a more contemporary approach by reviewing articles that discuss happenstance skills, resilience, and job resources and have proposed a conceptual model concentrating on the adaptable behaviours of J.I. The model discusses J.I. and its consequences using the happenstance learning theory and job demand resource model. We group these types of J.I. behaviour into four creative gamut scaled according to subjective-objective versus challenge-hindrance context to provide a framework for future research.

Keywords: job insecurity; performance; happenstance skills; job demand resource model; resilience.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2024.140596

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2024 Vol.34 No.4, pp.445 - 467

Received: 13 Oct 2020
Accepted: 25 Jul 2021
Published online: 28 Aug 2024 *

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