Is More Always Merrier? Intersectionality as an Antecedent of Job Insecurity

Lindsey M Lavaysse; Tahira M Probst; David F Arena, Jr

doi:10.3390/ijerph15112559

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Is More Always Merrier? Intersectionality as an Antecedent of Job Insecurity

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Is More Always Merrier? Intersectionality as an Antecedent of Job Insecurity

Lindsey M Lavaysse, Tahira M Probst and David F Arena, Jr

International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.15(11), p.2559

11/15/2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112559

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109111

PMCID: PMC6267039

PMID: 30445677

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Abstract

Employment - statistics & numerical data

United States - epidemiology

Occupational Stress - psychology

Humans

Middle Aged

Risk Factors

Occupational Stress - epidemiology

Male

Social Discrimination - statistics & numerical data

Job Satisfaction

Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data

Health Surveys

Social Discrimination - psychology

Adult

Female

Employment - psychology

Social Stigma

Longitudinal Studies

Occupational Stress - etiology

As modern workplace environments are becoming increasingly diverse, the experiences of disenfranchised employees have become a topic of great interest to scholars and business professionals alike. While the experiences of individuals with singular stigmatized identities have been well-established, a dearth of research has assessed how intersectionality, i.e., holding multiple stigmatized identities, combine and intertwine to shape workplace experiences. We contribute to a growing literature on intersectionality by assessing the extent to which employees identifying with multiple stigmatized identities may constitute a risk factor for the experience of job insecurity, a prevalent and potent economic stressor. Additionally, we propose that job insecurity will partially mediate the relationship between intersectionality and a variety of adverse workplace outcomes associated with increased job insecurity perceptions. In order to test these hypotheses, we collected survey data from 449 employed individuals within the United States over two timepoints. Results of the tests of our direct and indirect hypotheses revealed that individuals with more stigmatized identities reported greater perceptions of job insecurity, and intersectionality indirectly affected workplace outcomes via this heightened job insecurity. Our results highlight a new antecedent of job insecurity for consideration and is meant to motivate others to approach diversity-related research questions with multiple identities in mind, in an effort to encapsulate the full spectrum of one's experience based on their identity makeup.

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Title: Is More Always Merrier? Intersectionality as an Antecedent of Job Insecurity
Creators: Lindsey M Lavaysse - Department of Psychology, Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686-9600, USA. lindsey.lavaysse@wsu.edu
Tahira M Probst - Department of Psychology, Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686-9600, USA. probst@wsu.edu
David F Arena, Jr - Department of Management, University of Memphis, 3675 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152, USA. dfarena@memphis.edu
Publication Details: International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.15(11), p.2559
Academic Unit: Psychology, Department of
Publisher: Switzerland
Identifiers: 99900546904601842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article