Job Insecurity and Employee Job Performance: A Moderated-Mediation Model of Job Stress and Supportive Leadership
Muhammad Qadeer Aslam*, Sajid Haider**, Muhammad Ali Asadullah***
Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Pakistan.
** Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Pakistan. Corresponding author (Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
*** Department of Business Administration, University of Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates
Abstract: This study examined how leadership support buffers the mediating process of job insecurity, job stress and job performance. Data were obtained from the faculty and their supervisors in the privately run colleges of District Vehari, Pakistan (N = 250). The procedures for data analysis were based on partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). This study’s results stipulate that job insecurity indirectly influences job performance through job stress, and supportive leadership buffers this indirect effect. Hayes’ index of moderated-mediation denoted the relationship between the mediating effect (as mentioned above) and supportive leadership. The examination of these moderated mediation mechanisms contributes to organizational literature by answering ‘why’ and ‘how’ job insecurity influences employee job performance. This study’s findings imply that under insecure job situations, organizations should ensure leadership support if they need good performance from employees. This study also discussed its limitations, and suggested some possible avenues for further research.
Keywords: Job insecurity, Job performance, Job stress, Supportive leadership
