청년세대의 정규직 전환 가능성 인식과 도움행동: 정규직 동료와의 사회적 관계 및 조직몰입의 매개효과

Given the matured situation of youth contingent workforce in the labor market, we focus on possibility for standard employment of young generation whose age typically ranges from 15 to 29 and employment arrangement is the fixed-term contract. Specifically, we highlight the impact of perceived possibility toward a permanent position on helping behavior via interpersonal relationship with permanent and organizational commitment. Using social identity theory, we postulate that contingent workers who has a relative low social status can take a desirable behaviors in their workplace when they perceive high possibility of a permanent position. We thus propose the direct and positive association between possibility of a permanent position and helping behavior. Considering the importance of both social and organizational relationships, in addition, we hypothesize the mediating role of social relationship with standard employee and affective organizational commitment in the same relationship. We analyzed 250 youth contingent workers in order to test hypotheses and found that the perceived possibility of permanent position is positively associated with helping behavior. As we predict, social relationship with standard employees and organizational commitment mediate the possibility of permanent helping behavior relation. These results provide theoretical and practical implications to organization in aspect of confirming efficacy of chance of a permanent position on positive attitudes and pro-social behavior. Due to a limited sample, however, the result of this study is limited to the fixed-term employees. In order to increase generalizability, the future research needs to include the various types of contingent work.