Another variable examined in terms of employees’ organizational commitment is the type of
employment that is whether a person is a permanent staff or employed on contract basis. The
type of employment provides important information about the job security in that organization
because a permanent staff has job security whereas contracted employees do not. This comes
to the foreground as a vital element that influences organizational commitment of employees.
Karahan’s study (2008) has shown that nurses with temporary contracts do not feel adequately
committed to their organizations compared to those nurses with permanent contracts. As
Feather and Rauter (2004) has put forward, this is explained in that permanent staff feel more
secure compared to contracted employees.