Diferencia entre la satisfacción laboral y el compromiso organizacional en trabajadores limeños de empresas privadas dependiendo el tipo de contrato

Abstract

The present research compares job satisfaction and organizational commitment depending on the contractual modality of the sample; which is composed of ninety-six (96) workers living in the city of Lima. The male sex represents forty-eight (48) percent of the sample, while the female represents fifty-two (52) percent. Fifty (50) percent has a fixed term work contract and the other (50) percent has an indefinite work contract. The questionnaires used in this reseach are: The job satisfaction questionnaire S21 / 26 by Meliá (1990) and the organizational commitment scale by Meyer and Allen (1997). The result of this reseach find no differences in the scale of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in empleyees with fixed term contract and indefinite work contract, motivating companies to continue with a more flexible type of contract. Key words: job satisfaction, organizational commitment, work contract.