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Perceived organizational support, participation in decision making, and perceived insider status for contract workers: A case study

Cherng G. Ding (Institute of Business and Management, National Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan)
Chih-Kang Shen (Institute of Business and Management, National Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 20 March 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the roles of perceived organizational support (POS) and work status (regular worker/contract worker) in moderating the relationship between participation in decision making (PDM) and perceived insider status (PIS).

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected with survey questionnaires that were administered to a sample of 369 employees from a case company in Taiwan, for which both regular and contract workers constitute the main workforce. After confirming the reliability and validity of the measurements, the authors conducted hierarchical regression analysis to examine the hypothesized relationships.

Findings

The mean PIS for regular workers is smaller than that for contract workers in the case company. For the group of contract workers, the positive influence of PDM on PIS is greater for those with lower POS than for those with higher POS. However, the negative moderating effect of POS does not exist for the group of regular workers.

Originality/value

This study adds to the existing literature by showing that contract workers, classified as external workers, can experience PIS, and that POS negatively moderates the positive relationship between PDM and PIS for contract workers. The managerial implications are discussed.

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Acknowledgements

This research was partially supported by grant MOST104-2410-H-009-042 from the Ministry of Science and Technology, ROC. The authors are grateful to Editor Andy Adcroft, Associate Editor Richard A. Hunt, and two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments and suggestions.

Citation

Ding, C.G. and Shen, C.-K. (2017), "Perceived organizational support, participation in decision making, and perceived insider status for contract workers: A case study", Management Decision, Vol. 55 No. 2, pp. 413-426. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-04-2016-0217

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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