Saving and uncertainty: temporary workers’ attitudes on saving and the future

The present research investigates the effects of being a temporary worker on psychological attitudes towards the work and towards economic behaviour. It aims to describe in a sample of temporary workers of an Italian region: a) the socio-demographic characteristics, b) the level of job satisfaction, c) strategies of saving, national and personal financial representations, future orientation and time perspective. Questionnaires were submitted to 181 subjects, during office time. Results show that, concerning the work perspective, attitudes to the future are very positive, and presumably not different from the more stable workforce; on the contrary, the financial perspective, show that subjects are rahter pessimistic and temporarily restricted beliefs are present.