Moderating effects of contingent work on the relationship between job insecurity and employee safety
The recent global financial crisis has resulted in heightened levels of employee job insecurity, as well as an increased reliance on a contingent workforce. The purpose of the current study was to examine the conjoint effects of these factors on employee safety-related outcomes. Using survey data from a sample of 1228 employees from a variety of different private and public organizations in Italy, we tested theoretically-derived competing vulnerability and immunity hypotheses regarding the interaction between contingent work and job insecurity.