Baanonzekerheid en duurzame inzetbaarheid van werknemers en zelfstandigen [Job insecurity and sustainable employability of employees and self-employed]
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This article examines how job security is related to sustainable employability. It distinguishes between objective job security (or employment status) and subjective job security (satisfaction with job security). For the empirical analysis, we use the merged survey data sets of the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey and the Netherlands Self-employed Survey carried out by TNO and Statistics Netherlands in 2014 and 2016, with data from more than 80,000 workers. Analysis shows that employees in permanent employment and self-employed with personnel are inclined to be more satisfied with their job security than flexible workers. For all workers, dissatisfaction with job security has a strong negative relation to the different aspects of sustainable employability. Objective job security, i.e. the employment status of workers, however, is often inversely related to aspects of sustainable employability. Employees on a permanent contract are more likely to be less healthy, absent more often, relatively often have burnout complaints and are less satisfied with their own performance than flexible workers, but are more satisfied with their job. In comparison to permanent and flexible workers, the self-employed are most satisfied about their job and their performance but, nevertheless, they find it difficult to meet work demands.
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TNO Identifier
814333
Source
Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, 34(2), pp. 170-186.
Pages
170-186