Abstract
The study sought to explore the consequences of job insecurity for
organization and non-standard workers. Twelve purposively
selected research participants participated in a qualitative study
conducted at a transnational firm in Zimbabwe. Face-to-face,
semi-structured interviews were utilized to collect data from the
research participants. The thematic data analysis method was
used to analyze collected data with the help of NVivo software.
The study’s findings show that job insecurity is a work-related
stressor with detrimental effects on non-standard workers who
experience it. Research participants who experienced job
insecurity reported work-life conflict, poor physical and mental
health, which has an adverse effect on their performance.
Additionally, the study’s findings show that job insecurity presents
adverse effects on the case transnational firm in Zimbabwe.
Research participants identified high safety violations, high levels
of absenteeism and intention to leave as the major effects of job
insecurity, which affects the operations of the case transnational
firm in Zimbabwe negatively. Conversely, the study’s findings
showed that job insecurity stimulates non-standard workers’
performance, which in turn enhances the performance of the case
transnational firm in Zimbabwe. In this regard, research
participants indicated that they work extra hard when faced with
job insecurity to avoid job loss, which enhances the organization’s
performance. The study recommends that managers and
policymakers should formulate and implement policies that
minimize job insecurity and enhance employees’ security at work.