Pengaruh Job Insecurity Terhadap Work Engangment pada Non-Pegawai Negeri Sipil Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi Sumatera Utara

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of job insecurity on work engagement with non civil servants in the North Sumatra Provincial Education Office. This study used 80 people with the status of non – civil servants as subjects research. Work engagement is a feeling and a positive state of mind characterized by vigor, dedication and absorption. Job insecurity is appraisal of workers in a situation where they feel threatened and they are feel helpless to maintain the continuation of the work. This study was analyzed by using simple regression analysis techniques by using SPSS test equipment. The work engagement scale is measured using a scale developed based on UWES (Utrecht work engagement scale) Schaufeli & amp; Bekker (2005), and job insecurity measured using a scale developed by Ashford, Lee & amp; Bobko (1989). Results the research found that there is a negative influence between job insecurity and work engagement with non-civil servants at the North Sumatra Provincial Education Office (R = 0,715). Which means that job insecurity has given an effect of 71,5 % towards work engagement on non-civil servants of the North Sumatra Provincial Education Office.