Temporary employment, job satisfaction and subjective well-being
Temporary employment, job satisfaction and subjective well-being
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DOI：
10.1177/0143831x14559781
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Hopkins, Benjamin
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作者：
Dawson, Chris;Veliziotis, Michail;Hopkins, Benjamin
本文关注的是英国临时合同员工的幸福感是否低于长期合同员工，以及这种关系是否由工作满意度维度的差异所调节。先前的研究已经确定了正式员工和临时员工之间的福利差距，但没有解决哪些个人和合同的具体特征导致了这种观察到的差异。文章利用英国家庭小组调查的数据发现，长期雇员和临时雇员自我报告的幸福感差异很大一部分似乎是由对工作保障的满意度差异来解释的。工作满意度的其他维度被发现不太重要。事实上，在控制了安全满意度的差异后，结果表明临时员工的心理健康和生活满意度更高。这表明，以固定期限为特征的雇佣合同主要通过增加工作不安全感来降低个人福祉。
This article is concerned with whether employees on temporary contracts in Britain report lower well-being than those on permanent contracts, and whether this relationship is mediated by differences in dimensions of job satisfaction. Previous research has identified a well-being gap between permanent and temporary employees but has not addressed what individual and contract specific characteristics contribute to this observed difference. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, the article finds that a large proportion of the difference in selfreported well-being between permanent and temporary employees appears to be explained by differences in satisfaction with job security. Other dimensions of job satisfaction are found to be less important. In fact, after controlling for differences in satisfaction with security, the results suggest that temporary employees report higher psychological well-being and life satisfaction. This indicates that an employment contract characterized by a definite duration lowers individual well-being principally through heightened job insecurity.