JOB SECURITY IN NIGERIAN MASS MEDIA INDUSTRY (PART 1).

When we talk of job security its always long discursion for Nigeria employees, especially those in the media.

For the next 2 to 3 weeks I'll be doing a write up on job security in the Nigeria media industry, where I'll discuss based on findings and observations,

the job security level of media workers.

JOB SECURITY IN NIGERIAN MASS MEDIA INDUSTRY (PART 1).

INTRODUCTION.

Job security has become an increasingly rare commodity in the global economy that offers no lack of cheap labour alternatives. However, that's no reason to dismiss the importance of job security for your career. Employees who settle into a position are more likely to achieve long-term career goals, better position themselves financially, and gain marketable skills that appeal to future employer, for those who don't, its the opposite of everything.

First what is job security? Security in it self generally means protection, freedom from threats or low possibility of damage. Job security is a situation where a worker is given assurances of his position in an organisation despite managerial changes or economic factors which may affect the organisation. A worker's job security can be either positive or negative, when it's positive their is always a two way satisfaction between the worker and the organisation when its negative its always the other side of positive, made-up of factors and effects as well.

Job security is the probability that an individual will keep their job ; a job with a high level of job security is such that a person with the job would have a small chance of becoming unemployed .(Wikipedia)

Assurance (or lack of it) that an employee has about the continuity of gainful employment for his or her work life. Job security usually arises from the terms of the contract of employment, collective bargaining agreement, or labour legislation that prevents arbitrary termination, layoffs, and lockouts. It may also be affected by general economic conditions.(business dictionary).

The concept of job security started gaining popularity in the recent times as a result of economic pressures on organizations. Job security has become quite indispensable in employee and organization preference list, particularly due to economic reasons.  Globally, about 75% of the employees preferred to keep their jobs compared to other factors in their preference list ( Towers Watson, 2010 ). This indicates that job security is as important as the employees’ salary and healthcare ( KPMG, 2010 ).  

It can't be denied that one of the most important wants of  employees is to keep their jobs for as long as they need it.

This implies that job security is a very 

determinant factor influencing an employee’s decision to join an organization or not,they want to be sure that the organisation put them in its long term plans.

Next time, I'll be discussing the benefits of employee job security, and then reviews and causes follow.

End of part one, keep checking this blog for part two.... Thanks for reading.