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BUACC5931 Research and Statistical Methods for Business - Federation University
Associations between Quantitative, Qualitative Job Insecurity and Well-being
Research questions
De Witte et al. (2010) investigated the association of employee's perception of quantitative and qualitative job insecurity with job satisfaction, and psychological distress in the Belgium banking sector.
Job insecurity is defined as the employees' concerns about their work-related future. There are two kinds of job insecurities, the quantitative job insecurity and the qualitative job insecurity. The quantitative job insecurity is about the threat to the continuation of the job in the future. The qualitative job insecurity is about threat to the various valued aspects of the job, such as job content or working conditions.
Data collection and respondents
In total, there were 69,000 employees working in the 63 Belgian banks affiliated to the sector's joint industrial committee in 2001. As questioning all employees would be too expensive, the researchers decided to survey a sample of 15,000 employees (roughly 21%).
Instructions for answering the questions
Use at least four academic sources in English to answer the questions. The sources can be books or peer reviewed journal articles or a combination of both books and peer reviewed journal articles. The academic sources as well as responding to the questions will be around 2000 words in total.
Q1: Sample size
The sample size for this study is fifteen thousand employees selected from a total of 69,000 bank employees (about 21% of the employees). Is a sample of this size necessary? Give your reasons.
Q2: Sampling method
What is the current method of sampling? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the current sampling method?
Q3: Measures of variables
Give your comments on the reliability and validity of measures of the variables.
Q4: Collection of data on social demographics
The purpose of this research is to find the associations between quantitative and qualitative job insecurity and well-being. However, data on variables such as gender, age, education level, extra income were also collected. What is the purpose of collecting data on variables such as gender, age, educational level etc.?
Q5: Research design
What research design is used for current research? What are the positive and negative side of the current research design?
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