1Editor'sNote.qxd ROODT 1 EDITOR’S NOTE Retraction of three previously published articles The editor hereby wishes to bring the following to the attention of all readers: Due to technical reasons the following three articles, which were published in the previous edition (Volume 31, Number 3 & 4) have been withdrawn in their entirety and will no longer be considered official publications of this Journal: Predicting job insecurity from background variables by Buitendach, J.H., Oosthuyzen, A. & Van Wyk, CDW. The psychometric properties of the job insecurity questionnaire in South Africa by Buitendach, J.H., Rothmann, S. & De Witte, H. Job insecurity and psychological well-being of employees at a government organisation by Viljoen, E., Bosman, J. & Buitendach, J.H. PUBLISHING POLICY The Journal has published a set of guidelines on its publishing policy, which readers and prospective authors are advised to take note of. The publishing process will be slightly bureaucratised by the new policy, but important measures need to be put in place in order to manage this process more carefully.