Job Motivations of Professional and Technical Contingent Workers: Are They Different from Permanent Workers?.

Allan, Peter; Sienko, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ583213

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Job Motivations of Professional and Technical Contingent Workers: Are They Different from Permanent Workers?

Allan, Peter; Sienko, Stephen

Journal of Employment Counseling, v35 n4 p169-78 Dec 1998

A job diagnostic survey was administered to professional and technical contingent and permanent employees of a major U.S. telecommunications company. Contingent workers had higher motivation potential scores, scored significantly higher in task identity and feedback from the job, and scored higher in combined need strength than did permanent workers. (Author/EMK)

Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Motivation, Paraprofessional Personnel, Professional Personnel, Technical Occupations, Temporary Employment, Work Attitudes, Work Ethic

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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