Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue volume that examines a
range of concerns, challenges and responses relating to temporary workers and human …

This paper offers a critical review of the existing literatures on temporary staffing. It argues
that while research on both client firm rationales and the experiences and characteristics of …

The temporary agency industry has experienced substantial growth in the past two decades.
Although there is research on the quality of Australian agency work, most studies have …

This article develops a framework for the examination of organizational newcomer
socialization, in light of recent developments in communication and information …

Despite a growing acceptance that temporary employment is likely to be a persisting and
significant feature of contemporary work, there is no clear idea about how it affects the …

Purpose–The aim of this article is to explore the influence of precarious (temporary)
employment on employability and career development. Design/methodology/approach–The …

This study compares levels of organizational trust and connected variables between two
groups of employees from an Australian public health organization. One group (N= 123) is …

Temporary staffing agencies have recently emerged as a significant 'migration industry'in
Norway, actively recruiting and facilitating the employment of workers from new eastern EU …

By putting a price on workplace health and linking this to costs incurred in individual
businesses, experience-rating rules encourage employer 'gaming'—cost-reduction attempts …

This paper investigates local trade union influence on temporary agency work (TAW) in four
Belgian and German workplaces. It argues that the union's capacity to influence the job …