... and 229 were temporary agency workers. Findings – Results confirmed that workers, regardless of their status, distinguished these two foci of psychological contract. However, for temporary workers, the supervisor psychological contract partially mediated the relationship between the organizational...

... of their temporary co‐workers. Findings Permanent employees felt more threatened when they perceived the layoff policy and motives for using temporary workers as inappropriate, and when the position of temporary employees was equal to or above their own rank. The relationship between these feelings of threat...

... the TWA, the clients and the temps. Such work can be analysed with the conceptual framework of “perspective”, which is used to describe different actors viewpoints. Gunnar Augustsson can be contacted at: gunnar.augustsson@miun.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Temporary...

... centre environments, the problems of remote leadership and the rise in contingent workforce. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Work organization Work teams Call centres Workforce Leadership Temporary workers Contemporary organizations face increasing pressures to achieve higher and higher levels...

... MCB UP Limited 2003 Temporary workers Employment New Zealand For young New Zealanders abroad, the term “temping” has positive connotations. Associated with their “great OE” (overseas experience), temping has an aura of freedom, flexibility, and adventure. Short‐term contracts...

...) were permanent and 43 respondents (29.7 per cent) were temporary. The mean age was 29.85 (s.d. 6.03) years and 85.5 per cent were female. Work psychology Commitment Job satisfaction Temporary workers United Kingdom The metaphor of the psychological contract has recently become very...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Graduates Careers Temporary workers Keywords: Graduates, Careers, Temporary workers A report published by the Institute for Employment Studies suggests that many graduates leaving universities are failing to get what they regard as a‘‘proper...