TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Job insecurity and depression among automobile sales workers: a longitudinal study in South Korea
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Kim, Yugyun
A1  - Kim, Seung-Sup
SP  - 140
EP  - 147
VL  - 61
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Job insecurity, the subjective perception of fear due to uncertainty about job continuity, could have long-term health effects. We aimed to examine the effect of job insecurity on depression among automobile sales workers in South Korea. <br><br>METHODS: We analyzed data collected in 2007 and 2014 from a longitudinal cohort of 560 sales workers from an automobile company in South Korea. Change in job insecurity was classified into four groups: secure to secure; insecure to secure; secure to insecure; and insecure to insecure. <br><br>RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, workers in the insecure to insecure group had a significantly higher likelihood of depression in 2014 than workers in the secure to secure group (OR: 2.74; 95%CI: 1.41, 5.31). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We found that chronic job insecurity may be a risk factor for developing depression among Korean automobile sales workers. This is the first longitudinal study examining the association between job insecurity and depression in South Korea.<br><br>© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22805
ID  - ref1
ER  -