Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in job satisfaction and organizational commitment between permanent and temporary employees. In addition, the differences in organizational climate and life perceived by those two groups of employees were also examined. For this study, 145 permanent and 128 temporary employees who work in various kinds of organizations were asked to respond the questionnaires measuring the relevant concepts. The results indicated that the organizational commitment and job satisfaction of the temporary employees were significantly higher than those of the permanent employees. However, the overall organizational climate and life perceived by the two groups of employees were not significantly different, although some of the relevant subfactors were significantly different. The results also indicated that, with respect to organizational commitment and job satisfaction, the interaction effect between employment status(permanent vs. temporary) and the kinds of jobs(administration, research/planing, sales/PR) within the organization existed. Based on these results, several practical strategies and suggestions in order to make temporary employees cope and work more efficiently in the organizations.