Dependent variable

Independent variable

Moderating effect (fixed-term employees)

Regulation mechanism analysis

Author

Sample characteristics

Breaking of corporate psychological contract

Work pressure, emotional career commitment

Weakened, the correlation between the two is less

Employees with no fixed deadline invest more in the enterprise, so they are more sensitive to external stimuli

Yeh et al. (2007)

Taiwan, China

Work safety

Job Satisfaction

Organizational emotional commitment

Weaken, the two are not related

The fixed-term employees accepted the unstable nature of their work to a certain extent, and turned their attention to the guarantee of employability for their careers

De Cuyper & De Witte (2009)

Belgium

Employability

Enhanced, the correlation coefficient is greater

Information fair

Organizational commitment

Weaken, the correlation coefficient is smaller

The fixed-term employees are also sensitive to the actual treatment of the company, but do not think that the company is responsible for their own notification

Manville (2008)

France

Fair distribution, procedures and interaction

no effect

Work safety

Job Satisfaction

Work involved

Working pressure

Weaken, the correlation coefficient is smaller

A fixed period of time does not consider the company to be responsible for job security, so there is no sense of betrayal

Mauno et al. (2005)

Finland

Work safety

Employee health

Weakened, less relevant

Fixed-term employees have a lower expectation of job security and thus have a weaker impact; while job demands are similar to job control expectations

Bernhard-Oettel, Sverke, & De Witte (2005)

Switzerland

Job requirements and job control

no effect