The effect of job insecurity on job satisfaction by wage/promotion opportunities and motivation in gig economy and asymmetric analysis

Gursoy S., YAĞMUR A., Uymaz A. O.

Current Psychology, 2024 (SSCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s12144-024-07071-5
  • Journal Name: Current Psychology
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, BIOSIS, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Psycinfo
  • Keywords: FsQCA, Gig economy, Gig labor, Job demand and resource theory, Job satisfaction, Structural modeling
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The research aims to reveal the moderating effect of wage and promotion opportunities and the mediating effect of motivation on the effect of job insecurity experienced by employees in the gig economy, which is the equivalent of the current labor market, on job satisfaction. In addition, it aims to reveal all configurations of job satisfaction. With the survey data obtained from sample of gig workers, the structural model was first tested with PLS-SEM and then the asymmetric analysis technique was conducted with FsQCA. According to the first-stage results, there was no direct and significant relationship between job insecurity and job satisfaction in the gig economy. However, the relationship becomes significant when the moderating variables wage and promotion opportunities, and the mediating variable motivation are included in the research model. In the second phase, a total of fifty-one configurations and potential models emerged, which included relevant variables in symmetric and asymmetric contexts.