PERCEIVED JOB INSECURITY, WORK ENGAGEMENT AND MARITAL CONFLICT AMONG PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES DURING COVID-19

Abstract

The main objective of the current study was to explore the relationship between perceived job insecurity, work engagement and marital conflict among private sector employees during COVID-19. Data were convenientlycollected from 280 private sector employees from different organizations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad district with the age range of 20 to 60 years .Perceived job insecurity scale (De-Witte, 2000 &Rigotti, 2003), work engagement scale (Schaufeli et al.,2001), marital conflict scales (Braiker&Kelly 1979) along with detail demographic sheets were used to measure study variables. The reliabilities of all scales were satisfactory, various statistical analyses were run to test the hypothesis. Five hypotheses were formulated based on past literature and only one hypothesis was rejected. Results showed significant negative correlation between perceived job insecurity and work engagement. Moreover, perceived job insecurity and marital conflict has found to be positively significant. Results also showed significant negative correlation between marital conflict and work engagement. Among demographics: gender, education and monthly income were found as correlates of perceived job insecurity. However, gender, age and family system and monthly income had no role in perceived job insecurity. Overall, the results of the study help in highlighting the phenomenon of perceived job insecurity during COVID-19 in Pakistan relationship to work engagement and marital conflict. Implications, limitations and suggestions for future research have also been discussed.