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The Impact of Job Insecurity on Employees Job Performance Among Employees Working at Save the Children in Jordan

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This study aims to investigate the impact of job insecurity on job performance among employees of Save the Children Jordan. The population of this study is 254 employees of which 153 employees are the recommended sample size for Save the Children Jordan. In total (254) questionnaires were distributed to the target sample, of which (248) questionnaires were retrieved. The final number of valid questionnaires for analysis was (160). This study used a quantitative, descriptive statistics and other tools to test the study model. SEM analysis using PLS considering that present study has a sample of a small size relatively, therefore, it's vital to validate the garnered results using such SEM type. The findings in the study illustrated that job insecurity is negatively related to job performance. Base on the study results; Save the Children management is advised to provide more attention to Job insecurity issue among its employees and to find suitable means and apply adequate interventions to cope with this phenomenon and its consequences that expected to last for relatively a long period of time.

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  1. Business Management, Business Administration Department, School of Business, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

    Yahia Salim Melhem

  2. Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

    Isra Ali Hamad BanyHani

  3. Department of Financial and Administrative Sciences, Irbid University College, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, As-Salt, Jordan

    Fatima Lahcen Yachou Aityassine

  4. School of Business, Department of Business Administration & Public Administration, Al Al-Bayt University Jordan, P.O. Box 130040, Mafraq, 25113, Jordan

    Abdullah Matar Al-Adamat

  5. Faculty of Medicine, Health Management and Policy Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Ar-Ramtha, Jordan

    Main Naser Alolayyan

  6. Business Management, Faculty of Finance and Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Al Al-Bayt University, P.O. Box 130040, Mafraq, 25113, Jordan

    Sulieman Ibraheem Shelash Al-Hawary

  7. Business and Finance Faculty, The World Islamic Science and Education University (WISE), 11947, P.O. Box 1101, Amman, Jordan

    Ayat Mohammad

  8. Administration Department, Community College of Qatar, Doha, Qatar

    Menahi Mosallam Alqahtani

  9. Department of Marketing, School of Business, The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan

    Muhammad Turki Alshurideh

  10. Department of Management, College of Business, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 27272, UAE

    Muhammad Turki Alshurideh

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Melhem, Y.S. et al. (2023). The Impact of Job Insecurity on Employees Job Performance Among Employees Working at Save the Children in Jordan. In: Alshurideh, M., Al Kurdi , B.H., Masa’deh, R., Alzoubi , H.M., Salloum, S. (eds) The Effect of Information Technology on Business and Marketing Intelligence Systems. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1056. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12382-5_50

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