Purpose: During turbulent social and economic times, perceptions of job insecurity can be expected to increase. In this chapter, we outline a theoretical model that links perceptions of job insecurity to lower affective commitment and high work-related stress, resulting in employees' engaging in...

"I recently heard a fascinating talk by a senior astronomer about the roller-coaster, decadelong journey to get a new telescope into orbit. I was struck by the amount of emotion imbued in the description of an exact scientist's work. Telescopes were described as "awesome" (positive emotion?)....