Department of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar 31900, Malaysia.
Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya, Jakarta 12500, Indonesia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 3;20(3):2758. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032758.
The emergence of coronavirus disease has impacted human lives, one of which is economic disruption. Many Malaysian organisations have devised various crisis-response techniques, such as downsizing, laying off, retrenching, and combining. As a result, the number of Malaysians working in precarious jobs, which are defined by unpredictable and uncertain situations, has indirectly increased, hence increasing job insecurity. Therefore, maintaining psychological health is essential to safeguarding the mental health of employees. In the current working landscape, job security and work-life balance have commonly been deemed necessary in contributing to well-being among employees. As a result, the purpose of this study was to examine how work-life balance influences the relationship between job insecurity and psychological well-being among Malaysian precarious workers. It also fills a gap in the research by explaining the causal association between job insecurity and psychological well-being among precarious workers, as previous well-being studies have largely focused on employees with secure jobs. There were 442 responders collected using purposive and snowball sampling methods, and they were requested to complete the Job Insecurity Scale (JIS), Work-Life Balance, and Well-Being Index Scale (WHO-5). Job instability was negatively connected with work-life balance and psychological well-being. On the other hand, work-life balance was found to be positively related to psychological well-being. This supports the notion that work-life balance is a significant mediator in the relationship between job insecurity and psychological well-being. These findings emphasise that Malaysian precarious workers with job security could enhance their psychological well-being by achieving work-life balance.
冠状病毒病的出现影响了人类的生活，其中之一是经济中断。许多马来西亚组织已经设计了各种危机应对技术，例如缩小规模、裁员、裁员和合并。因此，从事不稳定工作的马来西亚人的数量间接增加，从而增加了工作不安全感。因此，保持心理健康对于保护员工的心理健康至关重要。在当前的工作环境中，工作保障和工作与生活的平衡通常被认为是员工幸福感的必要条件。因此，本研究的目的是检验工作与生活的平衡如何影响马来西亚不稳定工人的工作不安全感与心理健康之间的关系。它还通过解释不稳定工人的工作不安全感与心理健康之间的因果关系来填补研究空白，因为之前的幸福感研究主要集中在有保障工作的员工身上。使用目的抽样和雪球抽样方法收集了 442 名应答者，并要求他们完成工作不安全感量表（JIS）、工作与生活平衡和幸福感指数量表（WHO-5）。工作不稳定与工作与生活的平衡和心理健康呈负相关。另一方面，工作与生活的平衡被发现与心理健康呈正相关。这支持了这样一种观点，即工作与生活的平衡是工作不安全感与心理健康之间关系的重要中介。这些发现强调，有工作保障的马来西亚不稳定工人可以通过实现工作与生活的平衡来提高他们的心理健康。
