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<p>Artificial intelligence technologies’ rapid advancement, alongside global economic instability, has heightened labor market uncertainty, making career insecurity a prevalent issue. However, understanding how employees cope with career insecurity and sustain healthy careers remains limited. Grounded in the transactional model of stress, this study posits that career insecurity, as a career-related stressor, triggers perceived control loss, which, in turn, increases job withdrawal and impairs mental health. Furthermore, we examine supervisor career support mentoring as a critical situational factor influencing employees’ appraisals of and responses to career insecurity. Using three-wave data collected from two different occupational settings—emerging gig work and traditional service work—we find that career insecurity is positively associated with perceived control loss, which subsequently motivates job withdrawal and damages mental health. Notably, supervisor career support mentoring mitigates the indirect effects of career insecurity on job withdrawal and mental health through its impact on perceived control loss. Our research contributes to the career insecurity literature by offering a theory-based explanation of its influence on key career outcomes. Practically, it provides valuable insights for managers to mitigate career insecurity’s adverse effects and promote healthier, more sustainable careers among employees.</p>

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Losing Control of My Career Trajectory: The Role of Career Insecurity and Supervisor Mentoring Support in Shaping Employee Withdrawal and Mental Health

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    2026年2月17日

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  • Anguo Fu,
  • Shuaihua Wang,
  • Tengfei Guo,
  • Zhaoyang Xin,
  • Shenyang Hai,
  • Yufang Han,
  • Xuyan Zhang

摘要

Artificial intelligence technologies’ rapid advancement, alongside global economic instability, has heightened labor market uncertainty, making career insecurity a prevalent issue. However, understanding how employees cope with career insecurity and sustain healthy careers remains limited. Grounded in the transactional model of stress, this study posits that career insecurity, as a career-related stressor, triggers perceived control loss, which, in turn, increases job withdrawal and impairs mental health. Furthermore, we examine supervisor career support mentoring as a critical situational factor influencing employees’ appraisals of and responses to career insecurity. Using three-wave data collected from two different occupational settings—emerging gig work and traditional service work—we find that career insecurity is positively associated with perceived control loss, which subsequently motivates job withdrawal and damages mental health. Notably, supervisor career support mentoring mitigates the indirect effects of career insecurity on job withdrawal and mental health through its impact on perceived control loss. Our research contributes to the career insecurity literature by offering a theory-based explanation of its influence on key career outcomes. Practically, it provides valuable insights for managers to mitigate career insecurity’s adverse effects and promote healthier, more sustainable careers among employees.