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Job Insecurity, Occupational Future Time Perspective, and Psychological Distress Among Casino Employees

Journal of Gambling Studies volume 35, pages 1177–1191 (2019)Cite this article

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The primary goal of this study was to examine job insecurity as a work stressor predicting psychological distress (i.e. depression, anxiety, and stress) among casino employees in Macao, China. The study was also the first one to test whether occupational future time perspective mediated the above relations. We recruited 1014 participants, who voluntarily took part in an anonymous survey in October 2016. Results suggested that job insecurity was positively related to psychological distress (i.e. depression, anxiety and stress). In line with our hypothesis, we also found that occupational future time perspective significantly mediated the association between job insecurity and psychological distress. The findings suggest that, in psychological health promotion campaigns among casino employees, job insecurity is a key factor to be addressed via organizational policies and activities.

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This research was funded by the Faculty Research Grant at Lingnan University (Funding Code: SSFRG/15/1/2), awarded to Francis Cheung.

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  1. Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao, China

    Cindia Ching-Chi Lam

  2. Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China

    Francis Cheung

  3. Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macao, China

    Anise M. S. Wu

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Lam, C.CC., Cheung, F. & Wu, A.M.S. Job Insecurity, Occupational Future Time Perspective, and Psychological Distress Among Casino Employees. J Gambl Stud 35, 1177–1191 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-019-09855-y

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Keywords

  • Job insecurity
  • Occupational future time perspective
  • Psychological distress