Management and organization of temporary agency work
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Management and organization of temporary agency work
（Routledge studies in management, organisation and society, 27）
Routledge, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Over the past two decades the use of flexible employment relations has increased in most developed countries. The growth of temporary agency work constitutes a significant component of this development. Organizations are now facing the challenges of managing a 'blended workforce', i.e. a workforce consisting of both direct hires and contractors. At a time when Europe, as well as the rest of the world, is facing enhanced global competition and a severe labor market crisis, an understanding of temporary employment practices becomes all the more acute. With the evolution of the use of agency work in the Western world over the past decade, the chapters in this volume show how a focus on the management and organization of temporary agency work can be helpful to see possibilities and pitfalls for the use of temporary employment in the wake of changed employment practices and challenges to labor market stability and welfare structures.
Together, the new case studies presented in this volume provide a wide scope of analysis of the organization and management of temporary agency work, offering a much-needed contribution to the discussion of issues and priorities that guide and shape organizational practices today. Its particular uniqueness lies in the empirical richness and variety of local case studies and the way in which these are related to wider policy aims, ideological shifts, and the dynamics of organizational practice, with a particular focus on the organization and management of 'blended workforces'.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Management and Organization of Temporary Work Bas Koene, Christina Garsten, and Nathalie Galais Part I: The Changing Nature of Work 2. Transient and Flexible Work Lives: Liminal Organizations and The Reflexive Habitus Christina Garsten and Axel Haunschild 3. Temporary Agency Work and the Pathways to Flexicurity Ronald Dekker and Ton Wilthagen Part II: Organization of the Triangular Employment Relationship 4. Organizing Sustainable Partnership between Employment Agencies and Hiring Companies: The Dutch Case Anneke Goudswaard and Jan De Leede 5. When External Consultants Work On Internal Projects: Exploring Managerial Challenges Torstein Nesheim, Bjornar Fahle, and Anita Tobiassen 6. Toward Sustainable Employment Schemes at the Inter-Organizational Level Virginie Xhauflair and Francois Pichault Part III: Managing the Temporary Workforce 7. The Potential "Spillover" Of Temporary Agency Work Catherine E. Connelly, Daniel G. Gallagher, and Christa L. Wilkin 8. Social Identity and Temporary Work Dick De Gilder 9. Double Employment Relationship In Taw: Psychological Contract With The Client and the Agency Maria Jose Chambel Part IV: Variety in the Development and the Organization of Temporary Agency Work 10. Agency Work In Italy: Limits and Unexpected Potentials of a Much Debated Form of Employment Ida Regalia 11. Domesticating an Industry: The Swedish Case Lars Walter 12. Alternative Staffing Organizations as Innovations in Labour Market Intermediation: Lessons from the United States Francoise Carre, Joaquin Herranz Jr., and Silvia Dorado
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