The Effects of Full-Time Versus Part-Time Employment Status on Attitudes Toward Specific Organizational Characteristics and Overall Job Satisfaction

1984 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 893-900
Author(s):  
Bruce J. Eberhardt ◽  
Abraham B. Shani
1998 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Prinsloo ◽  
A. L. Barnard

The relation between employment status and work attitudes in a retail group. Employment status refers to the type of employment contract that may be concluded between an employer and an employee. It rests upon a continuum, varying from a permanent full-time appointment to a temporary appointment for a certain task or period. More and more organisations maintain a smaller core group of permanent full-time employees, which is supplemented by temporary or part-time employees. In this research the job satisfaction of full-time and part-time workers in a retail group is compared. The part-time group differed significantly from the full-time group regarding one facet of job satisfaction namely a lower level of satisfaction with supervision. Opsomming Werknemerstatus het betrekking op die tipe dienskontrak wat tussen 'n werkgewer en werknemer gesluit word. Dit berus op 'n kontinuum wat wissel vanaf 'n permanent-voltvdse aanstelling tot 'n tvdelike aanstelling vir 'n bepaalde taak of tydperk. Meer en meer organisasies handhaaf 'n kleiner kemgroep van permanent-voltydse werknemers/ wat aangevul word met tydelike of deeltydse werknemers. In hierdie navorsing word die werktevredenheid van voltydse en deeltydse werknemers in 'n winkelgroep vergelvk. Die deeltydse groep het beduidend van die voltydse groep verskil ten opsigte van een faset van werktevredenheid, naamlik 'n laer vlak van tevredenheid met toesighouding.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
David S. Pedulla ◽  
Michael J. Donnelly

Abstract The social and economic forces that shape attitudes toward the welfare state are of central concern to social scientists. Scholarship in this area has paid limited attention to how working part-time, the employment status of nearly 20% of the U.S. workforce, affects redistribution preferences. In this article, we theoretically develop and empirically test an argument about the ways that part-time work, and its relationship to gender, shape redistribution preferences. We articulate two gender-differentiated pathways—one material and one about threats to social status—through which part-time work and gender may jointly shape individuals’ preferences for redistribution. We test our argument using cross-sectional and panel data from the General Social Survey in the United States. We find that the positive relationship between part-time employment, compared to full-time employment, and redistribution preferences is stronger for men than for women. Indeed, we do not detect a relationship between part-time work and redistribution preferences among women. Our results provide support for a gendered relationship between part-time employment and redistribution preferences and demonstrate that both material and status-based mechanisms shape this association.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunhong Hao ◽  
Jie Hao ◽  
Xiaochen Wang

Purpose Focusing on the corporations in China and aiming to figure out the significant connection between organizational justice perception and job satisfaction from Chinese setting, this study aimed to examine the effects of organizational justice upon job satisfaction of the full-time and part-time employees in the state owned enterprise (SOEs) and primate Chinese companies. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted the questionnaire to investigate more than 300 employees, and the empirical data of this paper is based on statistical analysis, such as confirmatory factor analysis, correlational and regression analysis. Findings The paper arrives at the conclusion that in SOEs, the employees’ perception about procedural justice was higher than distributive justice. While in private enterprises, the procedural justice and interactive justice were tested to have similar coefficients. The relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction differed between full-time employees and part-time employees. Practical implications This study opens a new window for understanding how organizational justice influences employees’ job satisfaction in Chinese context, taking a further step to explore the different impacts of organizational justice on job satisfaction among different types of employees. Originality/value This paper collected data from both SOE and private companies in China, increasing the external validity of the findings. Meanwhile, the authors observed consistent findings with the studies in Western Society, which increase the generalization of our findings as well. The findings highlight the value of integrating literatures on organizational justice and job satisfaction.


ملخص: هدفت الدراسة إلى التحقق من “مستوى الرضا الوظيفي لدى الأكاديميين بالجامعات الفلسطينية في قطاع غزة من خلال دراسة مقارنة بين العاملين في كلية العلوم الإدارية والاقتصادية في جامعة القدس المفتوحة وكلية العلوم الإدارية والمالية -جامعة غزة”، وقد أجريت الدراسة على عينة قوامها (47) على أساس المسح الشامل للعينة من خلال تصميم استبانه خاصة بالدراسة من (18 فقره)، وقد بلغ عدد الأكاديميين المتفرغين وغير المتفرغين في كلية العلوم الإدارية والمالية-جامعة غزة (33)، و(14) أكاديمي متفرغ في كلية العلوم الإدارية والاقتصادية في جامعة القدس المفتوحة، وتم إجراء التحليل الإحصائي على الاستبانات التي تم استرجاعها والصالحة للتحليل (41) استبانه، (12 من القدس المفتوحة بنسبة 29.26% و 29 من جامعة غزة بنسبة 70.74%)، وقد توصلت الدراسة للعديد من النتائج والتوصيات أهمها: – عدم رضا الأكاديميين عن المردود المالي ومناسبته للأعباء الأكاديمية الملقاة على عاتقهم، إلا أن المقارنة بين الجامعتين أظهرت أن الرضا عند الأكاديميين في جامعة القدس المفتوحة أعلى في هذا الجانب نظراً لعمر وعدد الطلاب الملحقين بها، كما أظهرت الدراسة الحالية أن الرضا الوظيفي يتناسب طردياً مع الارتقاء بالرتبة العلمية. – وقد أوصت الدراسة بوجوب تحفيز الأكاديميين في كليات العلوم الإدارية والمالية على البحث العلمي وزيادة الإنتاجية العلمية التي تؤهلهم للترقية، وذلك لارتباطها المباشر بالرضا الوظيفي. Abstract The study aimed at verifying the level of Job Satisfaction Among the Academics in the Palestinian universities in Gaza Strip through conducting a comparative study among the employees in the College of Administrative Sciences and Economics at Al Quds Open University and the Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences at University of Gaza. The study was conducted on a sample of (47) on the basis of complete surveying of the sample through designing a special questionnaire for the study which consists of (18 items). The number of the full-time and part-time academics at the Faculty of administrative and financial Sciences of Gaza University was (33), and (14) full-time academics from the College of administrative Sciences and Economics of Al Quds open University. Statistical analysis was conducted on the questionnaires that have been retrieved and were valid for analysis and they were (41) questionnaires (12 questionnaires from Al Quds Open University with percentage of 29.26% and 29 from Gaza University with percentage of 70.74%). The study came up with several conclusions and recommendations, including:Dissatisfaction among the academics on the financial incomes and its relevance of the academic load placed on their shoulders, but the comparison between the two universities showed that the satisfaction among the academics at Al Quds Open University is higher in this aspect due to the age , the size and the number of its students, The current study showed that job satisfaction is directly proportional to the promotion of the academic degree. The study recommended the necessity to stimulate academics in Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences on scientific research and increasing the scientific productivity, which enables them to promotion, because of its direct connection with job satisfaction.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1218-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel B. Levine ◽  
Rebecca A. Harrison ◽  
Hilit F. Mechaber ◽  
Christopher Phillips ◽  
Thomas H. Gallagher

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