Dualization and subjective employment insecurity: Explaining the subjective employment insecurity divide between permanent and temporary workers across 23 European countries. (August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chung, Heejung
• Other Names: Johnstone Stewart guest-editor.; Saridakis George guest-editor.; Wilkinson Adrian guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Economic and industrial democracy. Volume 40:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 700
• Page End: 729
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Subjects: Dualization -- employment insecurity -- industrial relations -- institutions -- multilevel modelling -- permanent contracts; Management -- Employee participation -- Periodicals; 331.0112
• DOI: 10.1177/0143831X16656411
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-831X

Abstract

Dualization theory posits that certain institutions cause dualization in the labour market, yet how institutions deepen the subjective insecurity divide between insiders and outsiders has not been examined. This article examines this question using data from 23 European countries in 2008/2009. Results show that the subjective employment insecurity divide between permanent and temporary workers varies significantly across different countries. Corporatist countries, with stronger unions, have larger subjective insecurity divides between permanent and temporary workers. However, this is because permanent workers feel more secure in these countries rather than because temporary workers are more exposed to feelings of insecurity.