摘要:Globalization brings change in all aspect of human life, including in how job and organization operates. These changes create much strain and stress not only among employee at business organization, but also among university academic staff. These changes create ambiguity and conflict on how a task must be done. These condition interfere employees to perform better in their job. This study aims to examine the mediating effects of job insecurity on job stress among Malay academic staff. A total of 124 questionnaires were completed. The result of path analysis using structural equation modeling showed job insecurity is a mediator to job stress. Role ambiguity and role conflict has no direct effect to job stress, but has indirect effect by mediation of job insecurity toward job stress. The unique relationship between role ambiguity and role conflict by mediation of job insecurity to job stress will be discussed in detail below.
关键词:Job insecurity job stress ; malay academic staff ; role ambiguity ; role conflict ; ;