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Participants averaged 33.0 (SD = 8.3) years of age (range 18-60). They worked in a 
variety of industries including professional/scientific/technical services (18.24%), education 
(14.53%), and health care or social assistance (12.50%). The majority identified as white 
(71.62%); 44.59% were female. Participants worked an average of 41.91 (SD = 8.94) hours per 
week and the average job tenure was 10.07 years (SD = 5.20). Roughly half (48.31%) reported a 
personal annual income of less than $60,000. When compared with the U.S. workforce, our 
sample had comparable hours worked, women, and minority ethnicity participants (Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, 2019). However, our sample was younger on average and had longer job tenure. 
Measures 
Similar to Study 1, participants completed self-report measures related to their current 
employment situations and feelings of JI. We measured JI and the moderators at Time 1, job 
preservation motivation at Time 2, and workplace behaviors at Time 3. The same scales used in 

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JOB INSECURITY AND JOB PRESERVATION 20
Study 1 were used to measure counterproductive work behavior (
a =.83), self-presentation 
ingratiatory behavior (all 4 items were included, 
a = .87), and knowledge hiding (a = .92). All 
scale items are in Appendix A and additional validation for the job preservation motivation and 
threat proximity scales are in Appendix B, available in the online supplement.
JI. We adapted Hellgren et al.’s (1999) scale to reduce potential overlap between JI and 
threat proximity by removing temporal indicators from two of the items (e.g., “I feel uneasy 
about losing my job.”) (
a = .87). 
Job performance. We used the 3-item individual task proficiency measure from Griffin 
et al. (2007). Items were rated on a scale from 1 (Very little) to 5 (A great deal) (
a = .91).