Perceived Job Security and its Effects on Job Performance: Unionized VS. NonUnionized Organizations

Abstract

This research examined whether perceived job security positively impacts the effectiveness of job performance amongemployees of unionized organizations vs employees of non-unionized organizations. Job security’s effect on job performance wasidentified, as well as the difference in the perception of job security among employees from unionized vs non-unionizedorganizations. The sample consisted of 100 employees from different positions and different organizations, with both union andnon-union participation from the Miami International Airport. They were surveyed on a Likert scale questionnaire that had itemstargeted to measure their perception of job security, and job performance. The evidence yielded results that supported theliterature review, and indicated that employees are more susceptible to show better performance in their work place when in thecontext of the security offered by unionized organizations. The results indicated that the security offered by union participantorganizations can be used as a predictor of increased job performance, and to some extent to the employee’s behavior within theorganization.