非雇用在宅ワーカーの自律志向性による類型化  [in Japanese] An autonomous work style typology of self-employed home workers  [in Japanese]

This paper verifies the assumption that home workers with higher autonomy have higher job/life satisfaction and greater social capital. A survey of self-employed home workers was conducted to study their attitudes toward their work, work environment, and networking in SOHO. 505 samples were collected. Based on this data, 4 scales representing autonomy of home workers were constructed by factor analysis and they were named as "fullness by self-employed", "career self-reliance", "consciousness as a professional" and "practical use of work style". In regard to these scales, the data was classified into 3 clusters by cluster analysis. Then attributes and attitudes were studied and compared among clusters. From the analysis, significant relevance was observed between the degree of autonomy and job/life satisfaction. The degrees of autonomy and job/life satisfaction of the "highly autonomous" group were significantly higher than those of "dissatisfied" group. The results suggest that job/life satisfaction of home workers can be increased by becoming more autonomous, and that autonomy of home-workers is influenced by networking with other home workers and utilizing the freedom of time and place of work.