Author(s):
Rabassini, Iole
Date: 2016
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/17402
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Temporary workers; Human resources practices; Affective commitment; Exhaustion; Cynicism; Employment Relationship; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Description
This research examines the relationships between Human Resources Practices (HRP) and affective commitment, exhaustion, and cynicism of temporary workers. Furthermore, voluntariness and tenure with the client organization are assumed in the analysis as moderators. A sample of Temporary Agency workers was surveyed. It was assumed that HRP positively relates with affective commitment, while negatively with exhaustion and cynicism. Results confirmed the proposed relationships. Regarding the moderators, it has been proved that voluntariness partially weakens the relationships between HRP and temporary workers’ outcomes. However, contrary to the hypothesis, this effect cannot be affirmed also for the tenure with the client organization. Previous literature as well as implications of the findings are discussed.