Job insecurity and depression among automobile sales workers: A longitudinal study in South Korea

Yugyun Kim; Seung Sup Kim

doi:10.1002/ajim.22805

Job insecurity and depression among automobile sales workers: A longitudinal study in South Korea

Yugyun Kim, Seung Sup Kim

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Abstract

Background: Job insecurity, the subjective perception of fear due to uncertainty about job continuity, could have long-term health effects. We aimed to examine the effect of job insecurity on depression among automobile sales workers in South Korea. Methods: We analyzed data collected in 2007 and 2014 from a longitudinal cohort of 560 sales workers from an automobile company in South Korea. Change in job insecurity was classified into four groups: secure to secure; insecure to secure; secure to insecure; and insecure to insecure. Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, workers in the insecure to insecure group had a significantly higher likelihood of depression in 2014 than workers in the secure to secure group (OR: 2.74; 95%CI: 1.41, 5.31). Conclusions: We found that chronic job insecurity may be a risk factor for developing depression among Korean automobile sales workers. This is the first longitudinal study examining the association between job insecurity and depression in South Korea.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	140-147
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Volume	61
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22805
Publication status	Published - 2018 Feb

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Funding Information:
Data Collection was supported by Korean Metal Workers’ Union Hyundai Motor Branch Sales Committee. The Korean Metal Workers’ Union had no decision-making authority with respect to the design, conduct, analysis, write-up or decision to publish the results of this study. This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2015S1A3A2046566). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.

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© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Keywords

automobile sales worker
depression
job insecurity
psychosocial work factor

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