Transmitting affective job insecurity (AJI) within teams: Layoff effects of AJI convergence on intrateam power struggles and team outcomes

Journal article


Wing Lam, Ziguang Chen, Wen Wu and Cynthia Lee 2023. Transmitting affective job insecurity (AJI) within teams: Layoff effects of AJI convergence on intrateam power struggles and team outcomes. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 44 (7), pp. 1078-1093. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2726
AuthorsWing Lam, Ziguang Chen, Wen Wu and Cynthia Lee
Abstract

Extant research on job insecurity (JI) largely focuses on the individual level, rather than considering the process of JI at collective, team levels. But employees' worries and anxiety about potential job losses create affective job insecurity (AJI), which can converge over time in teams, especially following dramatic changes such as layoffs. Drawing on a multilevel theory of emergence in teams and uncertainty reduction theory, this study offers theoretical predictions of AJI convergence, as well as its potential influences on team functioning and outcomes. A four‐wave, post‐layoff survey of 468 employees and 91 supervisors confirms two major predictions. First, AJI convergence exists within teams over time, as established by a consensus emergence model. Second, teams with members who converge at a high level of AJI experience intrateam power struggles that impair both team performance and team proactivity. By theorizing about the phenomenon of AJI convergence, this study not only expands the notion of JI from the individual to the team level, noting its harmful effects on teams, but also highlights the need for both team members and team leaders to pay close attention to such convergence and its potentially detrimental effects following layoffs.

Keywordsjob insecurity; AJI convergence; teams
Year2023
JournalJournal of Organizational Behavior
Journal citation44 (7), pp. 1078-1093
PublisherWiley
ISSN0894-3796
1099-1379
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2726
Web address (URL)http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/job.2726
Accepted author manuscript
License
Output statusPublished
Publication dates29 Jun 2023
Publication process dates
Accepted24 May 2023
Deposited14 Dec 2023
Permalink -

https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/q3q99/transmitting-affective-job-insecurity-aji-within-teams-layoff-effects-of-aji-convergence-on-intrateam-power-struggles-and-team-outcomes

Restricted files

Accepted author manuscript

  • 29
    total views
  • 0
    total downloads
  • 0
    views this month
  • 0
    downloads this month

Export as

Related outputs

From negotiation to integration: Mastering the art of idiosyncratic deals
Everard-Igweh, Y., Chen, Z. and He, Q. 2024. From negotiation to integration: Mastering the art of idiosyncratic deals. Organizational Dynamics. pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2024.101099
Echo ‘Our’ Voice? The influences of team members on the voice behavior of focal employees
Lam, W., Chen, Z., Ni, J., Zhao, J. and Zhong, J. A. 2024. Echo ‘Our’ Voice? The influences of team members on the voice behavior of focal employees. Journal of Business Research. 183, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114848
Blue, Rather Than Red Light Can Nudge Employees to Choose Delayed But Larger Wage Payment
Geng, X., Zhang, K., Ma, J., Yang, H. and Chen, Z. 2023. Blue, Rather Than Red Light Can Nudge Employees to Choose Delayed But Larger Wage Payment. Environment and Behavior. 54 (9-10), pp. 1227-1250. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231153160
When and How Workplace Ostracism Leads to Interpersonal Deviance: The Moderating Effects of Self-control and Negative Affect
Hua, C., Zhao, L., He, Q. and Chen, Z. 2022. When and How Workplace Ostracism Leads to Interpersonal Deviance: The Moderating Effects of Self-control and Negative Affect. Journal of Business Research. 156, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113554
More depleted, speak up more? A daily examination of the benefit and cost of depletion for voice behavior and voice endorsement
Chak Fu Lam, Hana Johnson, Lynda Jiwen Song, Wen wu, Cynthia Lee and Chen, Z. 2022. More depleted, speak up more? A daily examination of the benefit and cost of depletion for voice behavior and voice endorsement. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 43 (6), pp. 983-1000. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2620
How perceptions of others’ work and impression management motives affect leader–member exchange development: A six‐wave latent change score model
Ziguang Chen, Yuanyuan Huo, Wing Lam, Roger Chun‐To Luk and Israr Qureshi 2021. How perceptions of others’ work and impression management motives affect leader–member exchange development: A six‐wave latent change score model. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 94 (3), pp. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12341
Promoting effectiveness of “working from home”: findings from Hong Kong working population under COVID-19
Hiu Kan Wong, Joyce Oiwun Cheung and Ziguang Chen 2020. Promoting effectiveness of “working from home”: findings from Hong Kong working population under COVID-19. Asian Education and Development Studies. 10 (2), pp. 1-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeds-06-2020-0139
Uncovering the impact of triadic relationships within a team on job performance: an application of balance theory in predicting feedback‐seeking behaviour
Lan, Junbang, Huo, Yuanyuan, Cai, Zhenyao, Wong, Chi‐Sum, Chen, Ziguang and Lam, Wing 2020. Uncovering the impact of triadic relationships within a team on job performance: an application of balance theory in predicting feedback‐seeking behaviour. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. 93 (3), pp. 654-686. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12310
Who is fit to serve? person–job/organization fit, emotional labor, and customer service performance
Lam, W., Huo, Y. and CHEN, Ziguang 2018. Who is fit to serve? person–job/organization fit, emotional labor, and customer service performance. Human Resource Management. 57 (2), pp. 483-497. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21871