Temporary Employees in Singapore: What Drives Them?

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2002

Abstract

In this exploratory study, the authors adopted an empirical approach to determine the various primary career anchors possessed by Singapore educators, the impact of the degree of congruency between teaching and the career anchors on intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction, and turnover intentions. A number of hypotheses were supported and provided the 1st step in understanding this group of important individuals who nuture the future generation of human capital for the workplace.

Keywords

job attitudes, temporary workers, Singapore

Discipline

Asian Studies | Business | Human Resources Management

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volume

136

Issue

1

First Page

83

Last Page

102

ISSN

0022-3980

Identifier

10.1080/00223980209604141

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980209604141

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