Job insecurity and depression among automobile sales workers: A longitudinal study in South Korea
- Authors
- Kim, Yugyun; Kim, Seung-Sup
- Issue Date
- 2월-2018
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Keywords
- automobile sales worker; depression; job insecurity; psychosocial work factor
- Citation
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, v.61, no.2, pp.140 - 147
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 61
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 140
- End Page
- 147
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/77852
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajim.22805
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- 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.
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