Employment Security
Dimension 435 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Employment Security measures perceived stability and continuity of paid work, including confidence in keeping a current job and in obtaining comparable work if employment changes or ends. It encompasses expectations about job loss, steady employment, and the practical prospects of finding another position.
evidence final name · Effort-reward Imbalance
Absent Employment Security
Expressions activating this band do not convey a recognizable employment-security theme and instead reflect unrelated topics or diffuse life content without a clear appraisal of job continuity or reemployment prospects.
Limited Employment Security
Expressions activating this band convey a general sense of access or possibility around work, such as being able to find opportunities, gain useful skills, or return to work, but without a focused appraisal of job stability. Employment security appears as a broad, lightly specified sense that work options may be available.
Moderate Employment Security
Expressions activating this band directly address steadiness of employment and the chances of replacing lost work, often through judgments about job security, steady employment, or finding another job with similar pay. The experience is evaluative and concrete, with both reassurance and concern about continuity of work.
High Employment Security
Expressions activating this band center on active vulnerability in employment, including leaving a job, the possibility of losing a main job, and efforts to seek or apply for other positions. Employment security is experienced as uncertain enough to require monitoring, decisions, or transition planning.
Severe Employment Security
Expressions activating this band reflect acute insecurity about continued work, with strong emphasis on job hunting, searching for another position, lining up opportunities, and difficulty finding employers or prospects. Employment security is experienced as unstable and contingent on securing replacement work.
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Minimal Effort-reward Imbalance: Effort-reward imbalance is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse effort-reward imbalance.
Emerging Effort-reward Imbalance: Effort-reward imbalance is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. Unlike the band below, where effort-reward imbalance was characterized by a general or mixed form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from effort-reward imbalance.
Elevated Effort-reward Imbalance: Effort-reward imbalance is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where effort-reward imbalance was characterized by direct functional disruption, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect effort-reward imbalance at this level of intensity.
Severe Effort-reward Imbalance: Effort-reward imbalance is clearly present at this level. Compared to the band below, effort-reward imbalance is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band reflect effort-reward imbalance at this level of intensity.