Job Insecurity, Precarious Employment and Burnout

Edited by Nele De Cuyper, Professor in Personnel Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, Eva Selenko, Professor of Work Psychology, Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University, UK, Martin Euwema, Professor of Organizational Psychology, KU Leuven, Belgium and Wilmar Schaufeli, Professor Emeritus of Work and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and KU Leuven, Belgium

• Contents:Introduction: Facts and fables in work psychology: a criticalinterrogation and future proofing of job insecurity, precariousemployment and burnout 1Nele De Cuyper, Eva Selenko, Martin Euwema, & Wilmar SchaufeliPART I JOB INSECURITY: LOOKING BACK1 Job insecurity, job security, job future ambiguity? Ohmy… A new step towards conceptual clarity 12Gabriel Fischmann, Andreea Corbeanu, Roxana Spinu,Coralia Sulea, & Dragoș Iliescu2 Job insecurity and job performance: Why do job-insecureemployees not perform better? 30Jasmina Tomas & Darja Maslić Seršić3 Borrowing trouble? A debate on how social exchangetheory is used and can be used in job insecurity research 48Nele De Cuyper, Anahí Van Hootegem, & Lara C. RollPART II JOB INSECURITY AND PRECARIOUSEMPLOYMENT: LOOKING AHEAD!4 Is job insecurity still relevant? Unpacking the meaning of“job” and “insecurity” in today’s economy 68Tahira M. Probst, Eva Selenko, & Mindy Shoss5 Is there a future for research on job insecurity and thepsychological contract in a changing world of work? 87David Guest & Kerstin Isaksson6 Can unions represent the interests of insecure workers? 105Magnus Sverke, Isabelle Ferré Hernandez, Anna S.Tanimoto, Johnny Hellgren, & Katharina NäswallPART III BURNOUT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES7 Burning questions in burnout research 127Wilmar Schaufeli, Jari Hakanen, & Akihito Shimazu8 Contextual factors moderating the relationship betweenqualitative job insecurity and burnout: A plea fora multilevel approach 149Tinne Vander Elst, Sofie Vandenbroeck, & Lode Godderis9 Age differences in levels and risk factors of burnoutin three European countries: A contribution fromconsultancy practice 177Pulso Group: Dirk Antonissen, Audrey Eertmans, IngeVan den Brande, & Lore Van den BroeckPART IV INTERVENTIONS: GETTING PEOPLE ON BOARD10 Organizational interventions within occupational healthpsychology 195Karina Nielsen & Paula Brough11 Motivating the unemployed: How motivationalinterviewing may help to tailor interventions to differentunemployment profiles 216Anja Van den Broeck & Maarten VansteenkistePART V METHODS MATTER!12 Methodological challenges for studying trends inperceived immigrant threat 236Jaak Billiet & Bart Meuleman13 What’s in a name! The thin line between being bullied andlacking social support: Are both ‘just’ the same? 256Elfi Baillien & Guy NotelaersIndex 272

‘This volume makes an excellent contribution to the study of human and societal core issues such as job insecurity, precarious employment and burnout. All of them are lasting phenomena and currently represent critical challenges for scientists, professionals and policy makers.’