Can qualitative job insecurity instigate workplace incivility? The moderating roles of self-compassion and rumination
Career Development International
ISSN: 1362-0436
Article publication date: 30 August 2022
Issue publication date: 15 September 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This study examines why and when qualitative job insecurity (JI) leads to instigated workplace incivility.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors collected data from 227 Chinese full-time employees from multiple organizations at two time points. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses.
Findings
Results show that qualitative JI is positively related to instigated workplace incivility through negative emotions; this indirect relationship is weaker among employees with higher self-compassion and stronger among employees with higher rumination.
Originality/value
The authors shift the predominant focus on the predictor of instigated workplace incivility from quantitative JI to qualitative JI. Based on the transactional model of stress and the stressor–emotion model of counterproductive work behavior (CWB), they provide new theoretical insights on why qualitative JI affects workplace incivility and identify new boundary conditions that affect employees' reactions to qualitative JI.
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (Grant Number 17BGL104), and the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Tier 1 Fund (Grant Number 317-000-145-115).
Citation
Qian, S., Lim, V.K.G. and Gao, Y. (2022), "Can qualitative job insecurity instigate workplace incivility? The moderating roles of self-compassion and rumination", Career Development International, Vol. 27 No. 5, pp. 511-525. https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-11-2021-0280
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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