The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that\u00a0John Wiley will present Master’s research titled,\u00a0Supervisor-focused impression management and social undermining as self-enhancing responses to perceived job insecurity on\u00a003\/04\/2026 at\u00a02:00-3:00 in\u00a0540 McCallie, Room 357. Everyone is invited to attend.\u00a0
Psychology
Chair:\u00a0Dr. Chris Cunningham
Co-Chair:\u00a0
Abstract:
Job insecurity has become a more prevalent societal issue across many advanced economies since the 1980s. Previous research has demonstrated the deleterious effects of job insecurity on workers\u2019 physical and mental health, as well as their job attitudes and performance. The proposed study aims to explore two active ways in which employees may respond to perceived job insecurity. To preserve their job, we propose that employees experiencing job insecurity will engage in impression management tactics directed at their supervisor or engage in social undermining tactics directed at their coworkers. We hypothesize that this process will be moderated by the employee\u2019s core self-evaluations (CSE), which will influence their appraisal of the situation. Employees with high CSE will be more likely to respond with supervisor-focused impression management, and employees with low CSE will be more likely to respond with coworker-focused social undermining. Data were gathered through Qualtrics surveys distributed via general snowball sampling (Sample 1), as well as targeted sampling to workers employed by the American federal government through the social media site Reddit (Sample 2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that\u00a0John Wiley will present Master’s research titled,\u00a0Supervisor-focused impression management and social undermining as self-enhancing responses to perceived job insecurity on\u00a003\/04\/2026 at\u00a02:00-3:00 in\u00a0540 McCallie, Room 357. Everyone is invited to attend.\u00a0 Psychology Chair:\u00a0Dr. Chris Cunningham Co-Chair:\u00a0 Abstract: Job insecurity has become a more prevalent societal issue across many… <\/p>\n