The type of employment and the mental well-being and involvement of employees – based on a literature review Cover Image

Rodzaj zatrudnienia a dobrostan psychiczny i zaangażowanie pracowników – na podstawie przeglądu literatury
The type of employment and the mental well-being and involvement of employees – based on a literature review

Author(s): Dorota Żołnierczyk-Zreda
Subject(s): Psychology, Labor relations, Health and medicine and law, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Keywords: job contract; form of employment; productivity; well-being; engagement;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a review of the literature on research on the relationship between the type of employment contract and the well-being and productivity of employees, carried out in many European and non-European countries in recent decades. These results are inconclusive. Some of them indicate that employees employed under permanent contracts have a better mental well-being and are more productive at work than temporary employees, while others show the opposite relationship. One of the reasons for these discrepancies may be the different socio-economic context of the countries in which the research was carried out. In the context of the increasing probability of disappearance of permanent employment on the labour market in the world in general, we are a country which, due to the highest rates of temporary employment, can experience this process faster than other countries.

  • Issue Year: 605/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 14-18
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish