Atefeh Mohammad Hosseini; Saba Gheysari
Abstract
Introduction
Work is an essential part of human life and decent work fulfills human needs for survival, social connection, and self-determination. International Labor Organization, "work in which there are opportunities for productive work with fair wages, security in the workplace and social protection ...
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Introduction
Work is an essential part of human life and decent work fulfills human needs for survival, social connection, and self-determination. International Labor Organization, "work in which there are opportunities for productive work with fair wages, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for individual development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, participate in decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunities and treatment for all women and men" are defined as decent work. Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of decent work on affective commitment with regard to the mediating role of psychological safety.
Method
The statistical population of the present study was the teachers of Khuzestan province, 320 of them were selected by convenience sampling method. The instrument included the research online questionnaires and through social networks. The Decent work (Duffy et al., 2017), the psychological safety (Edmondson, 1999), and the Affective commitment questionnaires (Meyer et al., 1993). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with SPSS and Amos-25 softwares.
Results
The results showed that decent work has a positive and significant direct effect on psychological safety (p<0.0001, β=0.59) and Affective commitment (p<0.0001, β=0.48). Also, psychological safety has a positive and significant direct effect on Affective commitment (p<0.0001, β=0.63). Bootstrap results showed that the indirect effect of decent work (p<0.0001, β=0.39) through psychological safety on affective commitment is positive and significant.
Discussion
In conclusion, the guarantee of decent work reduces perceived uncertainty about jobs and working conditions and causes employers to make long-term investments in employees to create stable working relationships.
