Do fixed-term and temporary agency workers feel socially excluded? Labour market integration and social well-being in Germany

Gundert, Stefanie; Hohendanner, Christian

doi:10.1177/0001699313496588

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“…Workers who (have to) accept peripheral jobs may face ''job discrimination'' in the sense that they get trapped in peripheral jobs, although they desire to work in core jobs (Elcioglu, 2010). TWA employment presents an exemplary case of peripheral employment: high job insecurity (Håkansson, Isidorsson, & Kantelius, 2012;Hall, 2006;Olofsdotter, 2012;Silla, Gracia, & Peiro, 2005), low wages and few benefits (Elcioglu, 2010;Jahn & Pozzoli, 2013;Kojima, 2015), unpredictable or irregular schedules (Aletraris, 2010;Håkansson, Isidorsson, & Strauss-Raats, 2013;Kalleberg, Reskin, & Hudson, 2000), little training and poor employability (Håkansson et al, 2013;Knox, 2010), and poor social relations at work (Forde & Slater, 2006;Gundert & Hohendanner, 2014;Winkler & Mahmood, 2015). Moreover, a general characteristic that increases the vulnerability of TWA workers is the triadic employment relationship: they have to deal with both a ''de juro'' employer (the temporary employment agency) and a ''de facto'' employer (the client-company), whereas other employees are only bound to one single employer (Aletraris, 2010;Underhill & Quinlan, 2011).…”

Section: Established-outsider Relations In the Context Of Temporary Amentioning

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Temporary agency workers as outsiders: an application of the established-outsider theory on the social relations between temporary agency and permanent workers

Bosmans

Cuyper

Hardonk

et al. 2015

Society, Health & Vulnerability

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Temporary agency workers are often portrayed as peripheral workers in organisations. Hence, they present a compelling illustration of the established-outsider theory of Elias and Scotson. According to this theory, differences in social cohesion, group charisma, and power of the members of subgroups within social entities can lead to an established-outsider figuration between these subgroups, which is maintained by processes of stigmatisation and exclusion. Applying a narrative approach, we focus on social relations between temporary agency and permanent workers along three routes. First, we show how and why social cohesion, group charisma, and power possession in the established group of permanent workers shape an established-outsider figuration. Second, we discuss how mechanisms such as stigmatisation and exclusion maintain this figuration. Third, we illustrate why temporary agency workers have the feeling of being stuck in their outsider situation. To accomplish our aims, we conducted in-depth interviews with temporary agency workers in Belgium. Our analyses are focused on temporary agency workers who encountered mainly negative experiences regarding temporary agency employment.

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Section: Established-outsider Relations In the Context Of Temporary Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Temporary agency workers as outsiders: an application of the established-outsider theory on the social relations between temporary agency and permanent workers

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Cuyper

Hardonk

et al. 2015

Society, Health & Vulnerability

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“…15 The temporary agency workers are thus in many ways on the fringe of society, with a lower standard of living than their colleagues, the trend noticed across many countries. For example, Gundert and Hohendanner (2014) found that in Germany temporary workers felt less affiliated to society than permanent workers.…”

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Here to stay? The rapid evolution of the temporary staffing market in Iceland

Magnússon¹,

Minelgaitė²,

Kristjánsdóttir³

et al. 2024

irpa

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In recent years there has been a significant shortage of workers in Iceland. The traditional method of arranging temporary work, through direct contracts between employees and employers, has not sufficed. Moreover, there is a skills mismatch that compounds the shortage of workers as the sectors that have grown most rapidly in recent years mainly employ unskilled labor. This study examined the historical background of temporary work in Iceland, recent developments and in particular the growing importance of temporary staffing agencies, as well as the economic rationale for temporary staffing agencies, and the segmented labor market in Iceland. The study employs expert opinion approach, together with content and statistical analysis. Experts placed strongest emphasis on temporary workforce dependency on economic conditions, closely followed by sector triggered temporary workforce fluctuation. Socio-legal infrastructure for temporary workforce had the third strongest emphasis with other themes being less emphasized. These dramatic changes to the Icelandic labor market have undoubtedly had a significant impact on Icelandic society but there is surprisingly little research available into this. The efforts of unions and the Federation of Employees have helped to push through legislation on temporary staffing agencies and the rights of foreign workers, however, as long as there is economic rationale for their operation and a legal and regulatory framework that accommodates them the agencies can be expected to continue bringing temporary staff to Iceland. The impact on the labor market and society thus seems likely to be permanent.

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“…Compared with standard employment, contingent work is characterized by reduced job security (Giesecke, 2009), lower wages (Berlinski, 2008;Gebel, 2009;Dube and Kaplan, 2010;Goldschmidt and Schmieder, 2017), worse career prospects (Giesecke and Groß, 2003;Gebel, 2009), higher perceptions of social exclusion (Gundert and Hohendanner, 2014) and stronger demands for redistribution (Marx, 2014).…”

Section: The Feedback Effect Of Subcontracting: Mechanisms and Competmentioning

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The Relational Nature of Employment Dualization: Evidence from Subcontracting Establishments

Ochsenfeld

2018

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Scholars argue that the dual path to labor market flexibility protects the privileges of core workers at the expense of employees relegated to a peripheral employment sector. Yet whether core workers indeed benefit from workforce segmentation remains disputed. To scrutinize this question, I study how the wages of core workers with less than college education respond when their employer shifts employment out to subcontractors, using linked employer-employee panel data from Germany. Empirically, I find the effect of subcontracting on average to be either positive or neutral, but not negative. The presence and strength of the positive effect depends, first, on whether the type of subcontracting affords core workers with codetermination rights, second, on whether core workers are represented by a works council to exercise these rights, and, third, on whether these rights are exercised in a context that augments the bargaining position of core workers by rendering conflictual labor relations costly to the employer.2

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Do fixed-term and temporary agency workers feel socially excluded? Labour market integration and social well-being in Germany

Cited by 67 publications

References 32 publications

Temporary agency workers as outsiders: an application of the established-outsider theory on the social relations between temporary agency and permanent workers

Temporary agency workers as outsiders: an application of the established-outsider theory on the social relations between temporary agency and permanent workers

Here to stay? The rapid evolution of the temporary staffing market in Iceland

The Relational Nature of Employment Dualization: Evidence from Subcontracting Establishments

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