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The Moderating Effect of Job Security on the Relation between Role Clarity and Job Performance: A Longitudinal Field Study

Yitzhak Fried

Wayne State University, i.fried{at}wayne.edu

Linda Haynes Slowik

Department of Management at Wayne State University, lslowik{at}wayne.edu

Zipi Shperling

Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, zipis{at}tx.technion.ac.il

Cheryl Franz

Department of Psychology at Wayne State University, Ford Motor Company, cfranz{at}Ford.com

Haim A. Ben-David

Department of Psychology at Wayne State University

Naftali Avital

Israeli organization

Uri Yeverechyahu

Israeli organization

In a longitudinal field study of a random sample of employees in an organization undergoing major restructuring and downsizing, we investigated the moderating influence of job security on the effect of role clarity on employee performance. The results support our hypothesis. That is, job performance increased over time under higher levels of role clarity. Moreover, this increase in performance was maximized when both role clarity and job security were high, while deterioration in performance was greatest when role clarity was low and job security was high.

Key Words: job performance • job security • longitudinal effect • role clarity

Human Relations, Vol. 56, No. 7, 787-805 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/00187267030567002
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