... workers choose temporary work. The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a scale of reasons for choosing temporary employment. Design/methodology/approach – The study is divided into two parts. In the first part, 32 items were selected based on the literature. They were administered...

.... In the next section, the literature on HR practices and employee retention is reviewed considering the non-standard employment context of agency employees. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Motives Contract work Temporary work Human resource practices Turnover intention...