The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) accounts more workers who are employed in temporary work as the official statistic of labor contractor transfer / temporary work (ANÜSTAT) for the years 2001 to 2010. In this paper, the question is examined what causes can have such a difference and the impact a...

This article concerns itself with the effects of dismissal protection on personnel management behaviour within companies. The basis of the empirical analysis is 41 expert interviews conducted in 2006 as well as information available from a standardised survey of 750 personnel managers which was...

Contemporary career research assumes more flexible career patterns implying increased job mobility. However, there is growing doubt that the proclaimed change is as drastic as has been suggested. We provide empirical evidence on career expectations in Germany between 1999 and 2009, arguing that...