The effects between Coming Out and Workplace Friendship on Job Satisfaction in Taiwan

Abstract

無中文摘要Recently, more attention has been paid to the right and awareness of homosexual people. More and more scholars abroad have studied the related issues. For homosexual, however, whether to come out in the workplace remains a difficult decision. It is possible that after coming out in the workplace, the homosexual people might be discriminated or treated unequally. To put it differently, coming out will not only let homosexual gain self-confidence but also release the stress from the workplace, furthermore, it can be transformed to a positive attitude to advance the degree of job satisfaction. As a consequence, the mission of this study is to investigate: (a) how will coming out influence job satisfaction; (b) the relationship between workplace friendship and job satisfaction; (c) how workplace friendship will influence coming out choice. In total, 515 valid responses were collected by online questionnaire and respondents were asked for filling demographic information then data were analyzed by AMOS and SPSS. Results showed that coming out and workplace friendship will improve job satisfaction. This study hopes to understand coming out status and the level of workplace friendship that homosexual people are treated in the company, giving them the guidance to help improve job satisfaction.