TOWARD AN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF CONTRACT LABORERS: THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT AND EFFECTS ON EMPLOYEE CO-WORKERS.

1 October 1993

journal article
Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal

Vol. 36 (5) , 1082-1096
https://doi.org/10.2307/256646

Abstract

This study investigated differences in the psychological involvement and task assignments of labor-contractor and employee engineers and the effects of the contractors on the attitudes of their employee co-workers. Findings partly supported the hypothesis that supervisors shift interdependent tasks to employees when contractors are present in their work groups. However, employees were not found to have greater quasi-moral involvement than contractors. In addition, the presence of contractor co-workers was associated with employee reports of lower organizational trustworthiness, as expected.

Keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
CONTRACT LABOR
EMPLOYEES -- ATTITUDES
CONTRACTORS -- PSYCHOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
DIVISION OF LABOR
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
EMPLOYEE LOYALTY
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
WORK SHARING
EMPLOYEES -- PSYCHOLOGY

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