JOB-ATTITUDES AMONG FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

Many researchers have speculated that full- and part-time workers differ in ways that influence job attitudes. Empirical findings related to this contention have been mixed and conflicting. In view of this research and in the absence of strong theoretical justification, it was hypothesized that employment status is unrelated to facets of job satisfaction, work commitment, and perceptions of organizational climate. Results from a sample of 350 hospital employees support this contention. In addition, shift assignment was observed to be unrelated to job attitudes. The findings suggest that employment status may not be a useful predictor of work-related attitudes and that future investigation of potential differences between full- and part-time workers should include a wider variety of factors. © 1990.