Department of Economics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
PLoS One. 2021 May 3;16(5):e0250664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250664. eCollection 2021.
This research contributes to the limited literature concerning the determinants of loneliness at work, as well as to the literature on psychological outcomes associated with temporary work. More specifically, we are adding to the literature by exploring whether there is an association between working temporarily and loneliness at work and whether loneliness at work partly explains the association between working temporarily and job satisfaction. To this end, we analyse-by means of a mediation model-a unique sample of Flemish employees in the private sector. We find that employees with a temporary contract experience more loneliness at work as opposed to employees with a permanent contract. In addition, we discover that loneliness at work mediates the association between working temporarily and job satisfaction.
这项研究有助于填补有关工作孤独感决定因素的有限文献，以及与临时工作相关的心理结果的文献。更具体地说，我们通过探索临时工作与工作孤独感之间是否存在关联，以及工作孤独感是否部分解释了临时工作与工作满意度之间的关联，来丰富这一领域的文献。为此，我们通过中介模型分析了一个独特的弗拉芒私营部门员工样本。我们发现，与拥有永久合同的员工相比，拥有临时合同的员工在工作中感到更孤独。此外，我们发现工作孤独感在临时工作与工作满意度之间起中介作用。
