Despite the fact that many countries target highly skilled migrants for recruitment in the
global labour market, few of those migrants are able to take full advantage of their …

We examined the liability-of-foreignness (LOF) hypothesis for immigrant and native job
seekers by analyzing a national dataset that tracks their use of job-search methods and their …

Because temporary jobs are time-delimited, their implications for workers' economic security
depend not only on their current characteristics, but also their place in longer-term patterns …

Through the use of a social exclusion framework and analysis of recent data from the Survey
of Labour and Income Dynamics (2009), a national longitudinal database, this empirical …

According to the self-determination theory, when people have autonomous motivations, they
show more interest and enthusiasm, which is manifested in their attitudes toward work. With …

What happens to temporary workers when their jobs end? Is temporary employment a
fleeting way station to a better job, or does it herald an ongoing cycle of precariousness …

This study aimed to find out how heterogeneous temporary employment is reflected in later
labour market attachment. Using data from Finnish Quality of Work Life Surveys in 1990 …

Is the economic insecurity associated with temporary employment transitory or lasting? What
accounts for differences in medium-run earnings trajectories for workers first observed in …

Purpose This research focused on agency work. Previous studies highlighted the
importance of motivations to understand workers' attitudes, behaviors and well-being. Thus …

This article argues that misalignment between the realities of work in the new economy and
the regulations is having negative health and social implications at all levels of Canadian …