The Study of Atypical Employment¡¦s Job Satisfaction
¡XThe Case of Contracted Workers
Abstract
¡§Atypical employment¡¨ has grown in popularity in Taiwan over the last few years as employers strive to meet short-term workforce demands while maintaining flexibility, and minimizing costs. However, contracted workers still earn lower wages than formal employees, and because they are considered to be the ¡§disposable workforce,¡¨ employers tend to pay little attention to contracted workers¡¦ job satisfaction.
The results of this study were as follows: in spite of low wages, contracted workers¡¦ job satisfaction was still above minimum levels. Older, lower educated, and voluntary contracted workers showed higher satisfaction levels than other contracted workers. Also, role behaviors were significantly predicted by job satisfaction. When satisfaction was higher, contracted workers demonstrated better in-role extra-role behavior. Last, financial compensation did not significantly influence job satisfaction.
Recommendations of this study include increasing contracted workers¡¦ job satisfaction and motivation by treating them more like formal employees, providing a comfortable and safe working environment, and offering opportunities to become permanent organization members.
Key Words¡GAtypical Employment, Contracted Workers, Job Satisfaction, Role Behavior.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0704103-101757 |
| Date | 04 July 2003 |
| Creators | Chang, Chih-Tsung |
| Contributors | none, none, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0704103-101757 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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