Does Self-Monitoring Affect The Relationship Between Job Insecurity and Impression Management?

DOI

10.2991/uipsur-17.2018.4How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Impression Management; Job Adaptation Theory; Job Insecurity; Self-Monitoring

Abstract

Previous studies found inconsistent results on the relationship between job insecurity and impression management. This study aims to investigate the moderating effect of self-monitoring on the relationship between job insecurity and impression management. Drawing on the job adaptation and self-monitoring theories, we expected that the relationship between job insecurity and impression management will be stronger for individuals with a high level of self-monitoring than for individuals with low level of self-monitoring. Data were collected among employees from various organizations in Jakarta (N = 281). We analyzed the data using Hayes’ PROCESS macro on SPSS v.21. Results indicated that there was a significant positive effect of job insecurity and impression management (B = 0.20, SE = 0.069, p < 0.01, 95%CI = [0.0681, 0.3393], wherein individuals who feel insecure about their employment in the organization tend to show positive behaviors to impress others. However, there was no moderating effect of self-monitoring on the relationship between job insecurity and impression management (B = 0.04, SE = 0.125, p > 0.05, 95% CI [-0.2062, 0.2870]), indicating that regardless of their self-monitoring capability, individuals who feel insecure about their employment in the organization would show behaviors that impress others. For practical implications, we suggest managers be aware of employees who show impression management but may not perform well. On the other hand, performing impression management may also reduce employees' perception of job insecurity and increase organizational image outside the organization.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Nabilla Andriana
AU  - Debora Purba
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TI  - Does Self-Monitoring Affect The Relationship Between Job Insecurity and Impression Management?
BT  - Proceedings of the Universitas Indonesia International Psychology Symposium for Undergraduate Research (UIPSUR 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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