Bemanningskonsult idag - mittemellan två företag?
(2006)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- In the past decade there has been a considerable growth of contingent employment arrangements. In Sweden, the most common among these are the temporary-help service firms. The aim of this study is to investigate how the employees of temporary-help service firms experience their situation as employed by one company and working at another. We have used a qualitative approach to reach an increased understanding for the daily situation of the contingent worker. The essay is based on participant observations and semi-structured interviews with six contingent workers. Interviews and observations were analysed thematically to reach a greater comprehension of the phenomenon. The paper explores the challenges for the employees of temporary-help... (More)
- In the past decade there has been a considerable growth of contingent employment arrangements. In Sweden, the most common among these are the temporary-help service firms. The aim of this study is to investigate how the employees of temporary-help service firms experience their situation as employed by one company and working at another. We have used a qualitative approach to reach an increased understanding for the daily situation of the contingent worker. The essay is based on participant observations and semi-structured interviews with six contingent workers. Interviews and observations were analysed thematically to reach a greater comprehension of the phenomenon. The paper explores the challenges for the employees of temporary-help service firms created by their particular work arrangement. It highlights the conflict that arises for the contingent worker from being in a "no-man's-land", between two organisations. The results indicates that this gap exists and causes control and identification challenges. (Less)
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- author
- Berggren, Maria and Thorvaldsdotter, Johanna
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- temporary-help service firms, contingent worker, organisational commitment, identification, affinity, motivation, Psychology, Psykologi
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1327192
- date added to LUP
- 2006-06-16 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2006-06-16 00:00:00
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abstract = {{In the past decade there has been a considerable growth of contingent employment arrangements. In Sweden, the most common among these are the temporary-help service firms. The aim of this study is to investigate how the employees of temporary-help service firms experience their situation as employed by one company and working at another. We have used a qualitative approach to reach an increased understanding for the daily situation of the contingent worker. The essay is based on participant observations and semi-structured interviews with six contingent workers. Interviews and observations were analysed thematically to reach a greater comprehension of the phenomenon. The paper explores the challenges for the employees of temporary-help service firms created by their particular work arrangement. It highlights the conflict that arises for the contingent worker from being in a "no-man's-land", between two organisations. The results indicates that this gap exists and causes control and identification challenges.}},
author = {{Berggren, Maria and Thorvaldsdotter, Johanna}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Bemanningskonsult idag - mittemellan två företag?}},
year = {{2006}},
}