... between permanent workers and contract workers. Originality/value The present study provides a new insight into explaining the linkage between job insecurity and negative work behaviors as well as suggestions to managers on minimizing the harmful effects of job insecurity. Quantitative...

... Contract workers Human resource management Job satisfaction Recruitment agencies Australia While agency work has existed in Australia for at least 50 years, the contemporary profile of the use of agency workers is distinguished by continuing strong growth and a relatively broad penetration...

... organizations Flexible working hours Working patterns Teleworking Homeworking Contract workers Many claim that knowledge has become one of the most highly valued commodities in modern economic activity and that as a corollary we may be witnessing the emergence of a knowledge‐based economy (Bell...