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Temporary Agency Work and the Great Recession [PDF]
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of temporary agency work prior to the crisis.
Baumgarten, Daniel, Kvasnicka, Michael
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When temporary agency work is not so temporary [PDF]
Theory and empirical research have provided mixed arguments and evidence for the effects of temporary agency work on workers’ well-being. One unresolved issue is how length of service in agency work affects workers’ well-being and behaviour. This study, based on Self-Determination Theory, explored this question by comparing the motives for temporary ...
Chambel, Maria José, Sobral, Filipa
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Precarious employment and occupational accidents and injuries – a systematic review
Objectives Precarious employment conditions have become more common in many countries over the last decades, and have been linked to various adverse health outcomes.
Isa Koranyi +4 more
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L’appel du travail. Technologies et mobilisation subjective d’intérimaires « non-qualifiés »
The article speaks to the mobilisation of temporary workers through the mission proposals that they might receive at any time on their mobile phones. Its purpose is to demonstrate how temporary workers cope with such job offers in light of their social ...
Philippe Rosini
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« Peu importe, du moment que je travaille »
: The article uses a largely secondary data-based analysis of France’sGarantie jeunes youth support package to track the professional trajectory of Rebecca, a young woman from an extremely deprived background. Its first objective is to criticise the idea
Julie Couronné
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Analysis Of Labour Inspectors’ Temporary Incapacity For Work [PDF]
It is known that increased morbidity with temporary incapacity for work (MTIW) is related to stress level and psychosocial factors at work. Practices for stress management, conflict avoidance and optimization of working conditions are known to reduce ...
Petya Georeva +3 more
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À quoi sert l’histoire des entreprises ? « We did not know we were so rational ! »
Do firms take any interest in their own history ? Is historical knowledge of any use to them ? Starting from concrete experiences of dialogue and cooperation between researchers and temporary work firms, this paper demonstrates the complexity of the ...
Charles de Froment
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Precarious employment and occupational injuries in the digital age ‒ where should we go from here?
There is growing demand for a clearer understanding of whether precarious work is a social determinant of health (1‒5) and whether non-standard workers with less job security are more vulnerable to adverse safety and health outcomes.
Helen Marucci-Wellman
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The photo-elicitation interview is a quite new survey method in French social sciences. Based on a sociological research with metalworkers, the article aims to discuss heuristics contributions of this mode of datas produced after a presentation of ...
Christian Papinot
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Temporary employment and work‐life balance in Australia
While it is often believed that temporary forms of employment, such as fixed-term contracts, casual work and temporary agency work, provide workers with more flexibility to balance work and private commitments, convincing empirical evidence on this issue
Inga Laß, Mark Wooden
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