Organizational commitment and the well-being of temporary agency workers: A longitudinal study
Organizational commitment and the well-being of temporary agency workers: A longitudinal study
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组织承诺和临时机构工作人员的福祉：纵向研究
DOI：
10.1177/0018726708101991
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发表时间：
2009
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
K. Moser
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作者：
N. Galais;K. Moser
以往的研究发现，组织承诺与员工幸福感呈正相关。然而，在当前这个偶然工作、过渡和“多变职业”的时代，承诺的可取性是值得怀疑的。因此，我们分析了组织承诺在临时工作安排的一个典型领域中的作用：临时代理工作。与标准工人相比，临时代理工人必须与两个组织打交道：临时代理机构和客户组织。结果显示，组织承诺对临时工的作用是矛盾的。对客户组织的横断面承诺对员工的幸福感有积极影响，而对代理机构的承诺没有影响。然而，纵向分析显示，对客户的承诺不利于员工的福祉，当他们经历重新分配到另一个客户。总之，我们发现了组织承诺对幸福感的有益和功能失调的影响，这建议重新考虑组织承诺在不稳定工作安排中的作用。
Previous research found that organizational commitment is positively related to employee well-being. However, in the current age of contingent work, transitions, and `protean careers', the advisability of commitment is questionable. Therefore, we analyzed the role of organizational commitment in one paradigmatic area of contingent work arrangements: temporary agency work. In contrast to standard workers, temporary agency workers have to deal with two organizations: the temporary agency and client organization. Results revealed an ambivalent role of organizational commitment for temporary workers. Cross-sectional commitment towards the client organization had positive effects on workers' well-being, whereas commitment towards the agency had no effects. However, longitudinal analyses revealed that commitment to the client was detrimental to workers' well-being when they experienced reassignment to another client. In sum, we found beneficial and dysfunctional effects of organizational commitment on well-being, which suggest the reconsideration of the role of organizational commitment for individuals in unstable work arrangements.