The effect of job insecurity on organizational trust during the Covid-19 pandemic

Evidence from the aviation sector

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2434839
AutoresDidem Rodoplu Şahin (0000-0002-1779-8472, Istanbul Bilgi University), Mustafa Aslan (0000-0001-8049-3615, Istanbul Bilgi University), Kübra Cingöz (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Año2023
Volumen16
Número3
Páginas163-177
Fecha de publicación2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEconomics & Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2071-789X • E-ISSN: 2306-3459
EditorialCentre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, Poland (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-3/9
OpenAlexW4387521758
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas45

Due to the novel COVID-19, millions of workers in the aviation industry have lost their jobs, and most of the remaining employees experience unemployment anxiety. This study aims to investigate the effects of job insecurity on both managerial and organizational trust and the mediating role of unemployment anxiety in hopes of improving employees' well-being and promoting business continuity. In this cross-sectional study, the convenient sampling method was adopted. The research was conducted with the participation of aviation sector employees (n=210) of ground handling companies located in Turkiye. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was performed on the collected data for hypothesis testing. As per the results obtained from the study, quantitative job insecurity increases pessimism and adversely affects managerial trust and organizational trust (through managerial trust). Moreover, qualitative insecurity increases optimism, which adversely affects managerial trust. Managerial trust affects organizational trust positively. This study reveals that qualitative job insecurity led the employees to retain optimism but damaged both management and organizational trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quantitative job insecurity, on the other hand, caused pessimism and, as a result, affected managerial trust negatively

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economic growth · Economics · Job insecurity · Optimism · Pandemic · Pessimism · Political science · Public relations · Structural equation modeling · Unemployment · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Marketing · Psychology · Social Psychology