scholarly journals Temporary employment contracts and employee well-being during and after the financial crisis: Introduction to the special issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E Guest ◽  
Kerstin Isaksson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Permanent Workers

Temporary employment has become a feature of the contemporary labour market, although its extent varies considerably across European countries. It is widely assumed that the experience of temporary work is likely to lower worker well-being. However, a major European study in 2005 found that temporary workers reported higher well-being than permanent workers. Since then, the financial crisis of 2008 and the resulting shedding of labour seems likely to have had a damaging effect on the well-being of temporary workers. The introductory article outlines these issues and introduces the subsequent articles in this special issue which explore the well-being and employment security of temporary workers in the aftermath of the financial crisis. In drawing them together, it is noted that temporary workers appear to have fared no worse than permanent workers. Indeed, job insecurity seems to have spread to permanent workers, particularly in the Mediterranean countries, creating a renewed emphasis on the role of employability.

scholarly journals The influence of employment modes on employee turnover and agri-business performance: a case for Hunyani farm in the Zvimba district, Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Kudakwashe Svotwa ◽  
Ezekia Svotwa ◽  
Thandiwe Rugube
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Farm Business ◽  
Permanent Workers ◽  
Employment Mode

The labour intensive nature of Zimbabwean agriculture demands that farmers meet excessive labour requirements, at the same time keeping labour costs as low as possible to guarantee profits and achieve maximum business performance. This study, carried through a questionnaire survey, at the Hunyani Matura Farm, in the Zvimba district of Zimbabwe between from October 2017 to March 2018, investigated the effect of employment mode on turnover and agri-business performance. Data collected from the participants, was compared with the information from secondary source documents. From the results temporary workers performed better than permanent workers and they cited problems of low wages, poor working conditions, high work targets, inequality in work allocation, job insecurity and constant shuffling. Temporary workers had higher turnover and turnover intentions than permanent workers. Temporary employment mode had a positiveeffect on agri-business performance. This study recommends the use of permanent employment mode on key positions like forepersons, stores persons and supervisors, and temporary employment mode on general farm tasks, while seasonal contracts were seen good for skill demanding operations such as tobacco seedbed establishment, tobacco reaping and curing and grading. A ccareful selection of employment modes reduces inequalities and unhealthy attitudes at work and improves on farm business performance. JEL Classification: Q12

scholarly journals Tijdelijke banen en welzijn

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter van der Meer ◽  
Rudi Wielers
Keyword(s):  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Temporary Work ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
Permanent Workers

Temporary jobs and well-being Temporary jobs and well-being Government policies in European countries have the objective of creating a flexible labour market to combat or prevent unemployment. Temporary work, however, affects well-being negatively. Our research goal is to determine how the well-being of temporary workers compares to that of unemployed workers. We compare the loss of well-being in temporary jobs to that of unemployment, and explore the causes of the differences between temporary and permanent workers. We find a significant negative effect of temporary jobs on well-being, but this effect is relatively small in comparison to the six times larger negative effect of unemployment. The negative effect of temporary jobs is caused by both the worse quality of the jobs and by job insecurity. The negative effects, however, do not reinforce but reduce each other. The bad quality of the jobs appears to be less of a problem for well-being because the job is temporary. The conclusion is that the negative effects of temporary jobs on well-being are small in comparison to those of unemployment. It is, nevertheless, noted that job insecurity leads to considerable losses of well-being.

Job demands-resources and employee health and well-being

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke van den Tooren ◽  
Jeroen de Jong
Keyword(s):  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Permanent Workers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the main propositions of the job demands-resources (JDR) model are moderated by type of contract (i.e. temporary contract vs permanent contract). Design/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected in a large, heterogeneous sample from different countries, sectors, and jobs (n=3,845). Hypotheses were tested by means of multilevel analyses. Findings – Results showed moderate support for the main effects of job demands (job insecurity and time pressure) and job resources (autonomy and social support) and weak support for the buffer effect of job resources in the prediction of job satisfaction and general health. The impact of contract type on the main propositions of the JDR model appeared to be weak. Yet, the evidence that was found suggests that temporary workers may be more tolerant to job insecurity and more likely to benefit from the buffering role of autonomy than permanent workers. Originality/value – This is the first study to investigate whether the relation between job demands and job resources and employee health and well-being differs for permanent workers and temporary workers.

Nontraditional Employment: The Careers of Temporary Workers

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nele De Cuyper ◽  
Rita Fontinha ◽  
Hans De Witte
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
Career Research ◽  
Nontraditional Employment ◽  
Negative Stereotyping ◽  
Health And Well Being

This chapter focuses upon the careers of temporary workers. Temporary employment for many workers presents a route to permanent employment. Other workers, however, get trapped into temporary employment or cycle between unstable jobs and spells of unemployment. Predictors of such transitions are multiple. We selected two broad categories, namely perceived employability from the area of career research and health and well-being from the area of occupational health and well-being research. The overall conclusion is that the association between temporary employment and both perceived employability and health and well-being is inconclusive. This suggests that there are boundary conditions that may make some temporary workers successful and others not. Risk factors include dynamics related to the dual labor market, including lower job quality, lower investments on the part of employers, and negative stereotyping of temporary workers as second-class citizens. On the positive side, many temporary workers have learned to manage their careers in the sense that they invest in training and in continuous job search.

scholarly journals Introduction to the Special Issue “Parental work and family/child well-being”

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-191
Author(s):  
Matthias Pollmann-Schult ◽  
Jianghong Li
Keyword(s):  
Significant Proportion ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Nonstandard Employment ◽  
Parental Work ◽  
The Impact

The "new economy" is characterized by increasing levels of nonstandard employment. A significant proportion of employees work very long hours, work with high intensity, or have long commutes to work. Also, many workers struggle to secure adequate, stable employment or good quality jobs, and work evening and night shifts or work multiple jobs in order to make ends meet. This special issue examines the consequences of the new economy for the wellbeing of family and children. The studies included in this special issue address the impact of parents’ nonstandard work schedules (shift work), long work hours, temporary employment, and long commutes to work on parental and child health and wellbeing, relationship satisfaction, work-family balance, and the division of labour.

scholarly journals ECB independence and accountability today: Towards a (necessary) redefinition?

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
Diane Fromage ◽  
Paul Dermine ◽  
Phedon Nicolaides ◽  
Klaus Tuori
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
European Central Bank ◽  
Banking Union ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Monetary Policies ◽  
European Central ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Economic And Financial Crisis

This introductory article sets the ground for the analysis performed in the articles included in this Special Issue. It shows why a new analysis of the European Central Bank (ECB)’s accountability is required by referring to recent developments, and by underlining how much the ECB’s role and standing have changed since its creation 20 years ago. Indeed, its resorting to unconventional monetary policies in response to the recent economic and financial crisis, as well as the creation of the Banking Union, have significantly affected the ECB. This introduction also recalls the main elements of the debate on the balance between accountability and independence, and shows how this balance has evolved. On the basis of the findings of the articles included in this Special Issue, some conclusions and hypotheses as to the way forward are formulated.

scholarly journals Do Temporary Workers More Often Decide to Work While Sick? Evidence for the Link between Employment Contract and Presenteeism in Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Reuter ◽  
Morten Wahrendorf ◽  
Cristina Di Tecco ◽  
Tahira M. Probst ◽  
Sascha Ruhle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Poisson Model ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Employment Contract ◽  
European Working ◽  
European Working Conditions Survey ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Permanent Workers

European employees are increasingly likely to work in cases of illness (sickness presenteeism, SP). Past studies found inconsistent evidence for the assumption that temporary workers decide to avoid taking sick leave due to job insecurity. A new measure to identify decision-based determinants of SP is presenteeism propensity (PP), which is the number of days worked while ill in relation to the sum of days worked while ill and days taken sickness absence. We investigated the link between employment contract and PP using cross-sectional data from 20,240 employees participating in the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey. Workers were grouped by type and duration of employment contract. The link between contract and PP was estimated using a multilevel Poisson model adjusted for socio-demographical, occupational and health-related covariates. We found that European employees worked 39% of the days they were ill. In contrast to previous studies, temporary workers were significantly more likely to decide for presenteeism than permanent workers were, especially when the contract was limited to less than 1 year. Controlling for perceived job insecurity did just marginally attenuate this association. Presenteeism was also more common among young and middle-aged workers; however, we did not find a significant interaction between contract and age affecting presenteeism. In conclusion, the employment contract is an important determinant of presenteeism. Our results give reason to believe that temporary workers show increased attendance behavior independent of job insecurity, because they are less likely to have access to social protection in case of illness.

scholarly journals Temporary Employment and Family Formation: An Income or Insecurity Effect?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniël C van Wijk ◽  
Helga A G de Valk ◽  
Aart C Liefbroer
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Temporary Workers ◽  
First Birth ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Marriage Rates

Abstract Recent studies show that temporary workers postpone family formation transitions, but it remains unclear whether this effect is due to the lower income or the stronger perceptions of job insecurity that go with a temporary contract. To address this question, we link data from a large-scale survey among Dutch employees to longitudinal population register data on marriage and first births. Logistic regression models estimate the effects of temporary employment on marriage and first birth, and mediation analyses assess to what extent these effects are explained by income and perceptions of job insecurity. Results show that temporarily employed women delay first birth. There is also some evidence that temporarily employed men postpone marriage and first birth. These effects are partly explained by income, which increases marriage and first birth rates among men and women alike. Perceptions of job insecurity generally had little effect on family formation, although higher marriage rates were found among women who experienced affective job insecurity. Overall, this shows that it is their low income rather than their feelings of insecurity about future employment that explains why temporary employees postpone family formation.

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