Sökning: "Temporary employment"

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  1. 1. Temporary employment and illness

    Författare :Anna-Karin Waenerlund; Anne Hammarström; Per E Gustafsson; Pekka Virtanen; Ragnar Westerling; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Temporary employment; psychological distress; self-rated health; illness; logistic regression; trajectory analysis; grounded theory; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: It is debated whether temporary employment compared to permanent employment entails an elevated risk of illness or not, as the empirical studies have not shown a unified picture. Since a significant part of the Swedish workforce is currently working under temporary employment contracts, it is important for public health research to pay close attention to what the implications in terms of illness might be. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Alternative employment and well-being : Contract heterogeneity and differences among individuals

    Författare :Claudia Bernhard-Oettel; Magnus Sverke; Kerstin Isaksson; Gunnar Aronsson; Sabine Raeder; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment contract; temporary work; part-time work; individual characteristics; contract motives; work involvement; job characteristics; work-related attitudes; well-being; health; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : The increasing use of temporary and part-time employment in recent decades was initially expected to lead to negative effects for the individual. The empirical evidence, however, has been equivocal and the consequences are therefore still unclear. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Temporary safety. Contextual factors behind job quality in using temporary agency work

    Författare :Pille Strauss-Raats; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Job quality; OHS; temporary agency work; employment regulation; workforce segmentation; workforce flexibility; PDR model of workplace health;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore and explain how job quality in organizations using temporary agency work (TAW) is shaped by national regulatory regimes and how organizational practices and employee experiences in this context relate to patterns of workforce segmentation. The thesis also aims to contribute to the development of the PDR model of workplace health (Quinlan et al. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior

    Författare :Martin Olsson; Peter Skogman Thoursie; Lars Persson; Andrea Ichino; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employment protection; private equity; spouses; labor supply; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence” An exemption in the Swedish Employment Security Act in 2001 allows employers with at most ten employees to exempt two workers from the seniority rule at times of redundancies. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Future that is my Present : Temporariness and Insecurity in Swedish Academia

    Författare :Petya Burneva; Linda Wedlin; Caroline Waks; Noomi Weinryb; Sverre Spoelstra; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academic work; temporariness; temporary employment; insecurity; job insecurity; professional insecurity; anticipatory insecurity; job field insecurity; precarious professional work;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the question of what it means to be a temporary academic worker in the business studies discipline in Sweden. It presents how academics’ temporariness translates into insecurity and how they respond to it. The research is conducted using an open design, reflexive framework, and an abductive approach. LÄS MER