Does job insecurity stimulate citizen participation? evidence from Chile and Korea

ABSTRACT

Research has been conducted on job insecurity and participation in the workplace. However, to date, empirical research on the relationship between job insecurity and citizen participation is extremely scarce. To fill the void, the aim of this study is to examine the nexus between job insecurity and citizen participation in Chile and South Korea where embraced the New Public Management principle. Grievance and resource theory of participation offer contrasting predictions for the influence of job insecurity on citizen participation. Analyzing the wave 7 of the World Values Survey, this paper verifies the two lines of enquiry in examining the influence of job insecurity on citizen participation. The results of an ordered logit regression model demonstrate that the impact of job insecurity on citizen participation varied depending on the types of job insecurity and citizen participation.

KEYWORDS:

• Citizen participation
• job insecurity
• World Values Survey
• Chile
• Korea

Acknowledgement

An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management, April 20, 2022. I would thank professor Soojin Kim (Nanyang Technological University) for insightful comments on this paper.

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Yunsoo Lee

Yunsoo Lee is an assistant professor at School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University. He holds a PhD in public administration and a master degree in public policy. His main research interests are public management, citizen trust in government and comparative public administration.