Abstract

RIBAS, Chantell; RABIE, Gerhard H.; MOSTERT, Karina  and  DE BEER, Leon. Job insecurity, work passion, and work-life balance in diverse work arrangements. SA j. ind. Psychol. [online]. 2025, vol.51, n.1, pp.1-13. ISSN 2071-0763.  https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v51i0.2266.

ORIENTATION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic shifted work settings, revealing gaps in current literature on how work arrangements affect employee experiences and well-being RESEARCH PURPOSE: This study investigates the relationship between job insecurity, work passion (harmonious and obsessive work passion) and work-life balance flexibility-ability and flexibility-willingness in work and family across traditional, semi-remote and remote work arrangements in the South African context MOTIVATION FOR THE STUDY: Understanding the relationships between constructs in this study benefit both employees and organisations by enabling informed decision-making and optimising work arrangements, leading to improved productivity, job security and well-being RESEARCH APPROACH/DESIGN AND METHOD: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted with 445 participants across traditional, semi-remote and remote work groups. Structural equation modelling was employed to analyse how different work environments influenced employee experiences and outcomes MAIN FINDINGS: Significant relationships exist between job insecurity, work passion and work-life balance. Job insecurity reduces work flexibility-ability and family flexibility-willingness. Harmonious work passion generally enhances work flexibility-ability but decreases family flexibility-willingness. In contrast, obsessive work passion decreases work flexibility-willingness while enhancing family flexibility-ability and family flexibility-willingness. These effects vary across work arrangements PRACTICAL/MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS: Individuals can use insights from this study to manage their job roles effectively, while organisations can tailor work arrangements to meet diverse employee needs, fostering a more resilient workforce CONTRIBUTION/VALUE-ADD: This study contributes to our understanding of job insecurity, work passion and work-life balance in diverse work arrangements post-COVID-19, essential for fostering innovation and maintaining a competitive edge in the dynamic job market

Keywords : job insecurity; work passion; harmonious work passion; obsessive work passion; work-life balance; traditional work; semi-remote work; remote work.

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