Negative aspects of temporary employment

Nollen, Stanley D.

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“…Diverse employment contracts and greater employee flexibility are sought by organizations when they adapt and learn to compete in globally competitive environments (Nollen, 1996).…”

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Is temporary employment a cause or consequence of poor mental health? A panel data analysis

Dawson

Veliziotis

Pacheco

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Diverse employment contracts and greater employee flexibility are sought by organizations when they adapt and learn to compete in globally competitive environments (Nollen, 1996).…”

Section: Does Employment Influence Health or Does Health Influence Emmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is temporary employment a cause or consequence of poor mental health? A panel data analysis

Dawson

Veliziotis

Pacheco

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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“…The study by Kvasnicka (2005) finds that the fees paid by the client firms are on average 144% larger than the gross wages of the TAW, with a range of, depending on the occupation, 130% to 160%. Nollen (1996) reports evidence from case studies that total labor costs for TAW are between 0% and 14% lower than the costs for core worker.…”

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“…This points to potential cost savings for firms, often seen as the main incentive to use TAW (Bryson, 2013;Heywood, et al, 2011;Kleinknecht, et al, 2006;Houseman, et al, 2003). Some studies show, however, that cost savings are not often achieved (Kleinknecht, et al, 2006;Houseman, 2001;Nollen, 1996). Regardless of the cost aspect, the enhanced flexibility is considered to be another advantage of this new type of labor, with stricter employment protection legislation seeming to foster demand for TAW (Heywood, et al, 2011;Vidal & Tigges, 2009;Shire, et al, 2009;Nunziata & Staffolani, 2007;Pfeifer, 2005;Autor, 2003;Booth, et al, 2002a;Houseman, 2001;Bentolila & Saint-Paul, 1992).…”

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“…The resulting "low levels of job satisfaction and morale may exert an adverse influence on productivity levels" (Brown & Sessions, 2005, p. 311). Additionally, firm-specific human capital of TAW is usually lower than that of permanently employed workers and, due to the short term nature of temporary agency work, TAW receive little, if any, training (Mitlacher, 2008;Zwick, 2006;Albert, et al, 2005;Booth, et al, 2002b;Nollen, 1996). This may also negatively affect the average productivity of firms using TAW.…”

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“…However, this does not necessarily mean that the costs for the customer firms are lower when they use TAW instead of permanent employees. Indeed, some studies show that companies see limited savings due to the actual fee they have to pay to the temporary work agencies (Kleinknecht, et al, 2006;Houseman, 2001;Nollen, 1996). Such fee not only includes the gross wages of the temporary agency workers, but it also covers the costs, risks and profits of the temporary employment agencies (Kvasnicka, 2005).…”

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TFP, Labor Productivity and the (Un)Observed Labor Input: Temporary Agency Work

Schiersch

2015

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThe study focuses on the question of whether or not productivity estimates are biased due to the emergence of a new input that is usually omitted: temporary agency worker (TAW). The study analyzes labor productivity and TFP by means of a structural approach using a representative dataset of German manufacturing firms. The empirical results show, once TAW is taken into account, that: i) labor productivity in most manufacturing sectors is significantly lower; ii) average TFP differs significantly in most sectors; but iii) the coefficients for regular labor are not significantly different between estimations with and without TAW.

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Atypical Work and Pay

Addison

Surfield

2007

Southern Economic Journal

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Atypical work has long been criticized in popular debate as providing poorly compensated, precarious employment. Yet the empirical evidence is both incomplete and mixed. The main contribution of the present paper is to estimate wage differences for the full set of these alternative work arrangements while simultaneously controlling for observed demographic characteristics and unobserved person‐specific fixed effects. The paper also allows for the skewness in atypical worker earnings while retaining the Mincerian human capital earnings function. Our improved estimates are consistent with some of the more optimistic findings reported in the literature, the caveat being that we are examining here only the wage component of the total compensation package.

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Negative aspects of temporary employment

Cited by 108 publications

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Is temporary employment a cause or consequence of poor mental health? A panel data analysis

Is temporary employment a cause or consequence of poor mental health? A panel data analysis

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