Perceived job insecurity as a determining factor of perceived job stress in the face of the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on dependent Peruvian workers

Abstract

The objective of this research was to determine the significant relationship between perceived job insecurity and perceived stress in the face of the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on dependent Peruvian workers. Starting from two theoretical aspects, the first focused on the perceived job insecurity proposed; and the second, focused on analyzing the levels of perceived work stress. Three aspects had been considered: the impact of COVID-19 on companies, the insecurity perceived by the collaborator and the stress it generated. The study has a non-experimental cross-sectional design, with a quantitative correlational approach. Dispensing with a non-probabilistic sample according to the number of participants who responded to the virtual questionnaire, the instruments were applied to a survey of 18 questions to 256 workers of both sexes. The instruments applied were perceived job insecurity (4 questions) and perceived job stress (14 questions). The result indicated that perceived job insecurity shows that it is a determining factor in the level of perceived stress in dependent Peruvian workers, while the COVID-19 health emergency is developing.