Search Results - subject:"Contingent Workers"

The effects of employment externalization of the climate of flexibility : evidence from Spanish firms

Lloréns-Montes, Francisco Javier; Ortega-Egea, Ma. Teresa - In: International journal of manpower 34 (2013) 7, pp. 813-828

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The relevance of ideas in a unionâ€™s organization of contingent workers: â€˜Here come the fairy people!â€™

Dean, Deborah - In: Work, Employment & Society 26 (2012) 6, pp. 918-934

of a union that organizes contingent workers as core members. An explanation for this is considered to be the perception …

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Predicting temporary agency workers' behaviors : Justice, volition, and spillover

Connelly, Catherine E.; Gallagher, Daniel G.; Webster, Jane - In: Career Development International 16 (2011) 2, pp. 178-194

Purpose – This empirical study aims to determine whether justice perceptions formed in one context (i.e. the agency or the client) relate to work behaviors in another context (i.e. the client or the agency). To provide a balanced perspective, it seeks to examine both organizational citizenship...

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Women entrepreneurs in the Indian informal sector : Marginalisation dynamics or institutional rational choice?

Williams, Colin C.; Gurtoo, Anjula - In: International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 3 (2011) 1, pp. 6-22

Purpose – Studies on women entrepreneurs either view women through a structuralist lens, as marginalised populations engaged in low‐quality work, or through a neo‐liberal lens, as engaged in relatively higher quality endeavour more as a rational choice. The aim of this paper is to evaluate...

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Computer simulation exploring organizational identification for contingent workers

Ekmekci, Ozgur; Casey, Andrea - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 17 (2011) 5/6, pp. 279-298

Purpose – Very little is known about how contingent workers' identification with an organization evolves over time … form a model in which two groups of 567 contingent workers joined 1,134 different organizations and worked for 365 days … of the phenomenon. This study extends and complements literature on contingent workers by emphasizing the social …

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Contingent workers: needs, personality characteristics, and work motivation

Vaiman, Vlad; Lemmergaard, Jeanette; Azevedo, Ana - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 17 (2011) 5/6, pp. 311-324

Purpose – This paper seeks to challenge the claim that traditional and non‐traditional employees differ significantly in terms of their needs, personality characteristics, and work motivation patterns, by surveying management consultants in Canada. Design/methodology/approach – The study...

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Special report: HR technology

Frauenheim, E. - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 18 (2010) 6

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FACTORS THAT SHAPE THE HUMAN RESOURCE ARCHITECTURE IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: THE DELPHI TECHNIQUE

Chew, Janet - In: International Journal of Management and Marketing Research 3 (2010) 1, pp. 103-111

A model of human resource architecture is a framework by which to distinguish employees in order to design human resource support processes. Organizations engaging in multiple sourcing modes are likely to require distinct configurations of human resource practices that facilitate the utilization...

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Worker centers: defending labor standards for migrant workers in the informal economy

Theodore, Nik; Valenzuela, Abel; Meléndez, Edwin - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) 5, pp. 422-436

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of day labor worker centers in improving wages and working conditions of migrant casual workers in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports the results of a survey of worker center executive directors and senior...

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Worker centers: defending labor standards for migrant workers in the informal economy

Theodore, Nik; Jr, Abel Valenzuela; Meléndez, Edwin - In: International Journal of Manpower 30 (2009) September, pp. 422-436

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