The increased use of temporary contracts has instigated debates on possible implications
for employees' attitudes, well‐being and behaviour. The complex issues related to this …

Over the past two decades, a growing body of research on human resource management
(HRM) has analyzed the relationship between international HRM and institutions. This work …

This article explores the development of concepts related to the 'quality of employment'in the
academic literature in terms of their definition, methodological progress and ongoing policy …

The 2004 EU extension and the 2008 financial crisis triggered new migration flows within
Europe, and subsequent debates about what the novelty of these migration flows consists of …

This article analyses the transitions of temporary workers to the standard employment
contract and to unemployment. Adopting a comparative framework in an attempt to identify …

This article seeks to present a counter-case to theend of work thesis' advocated by writers
such as Beck et al. It argues that work remains a significant locus of personal identity and …

Although temporary agency work has been growing over the last decade, its use differs
widely in different industrial relations systems. Drawing on theoretical and empirical insights …

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 …

This article looks at the career effects of different entries into the Dutch labour market: as
unemployed, non-standard or permanent worker. Using the bridge versus trap analogy, it is …

Much research on precarious employment compares permanent workers with one or two
other broadly-defined employment categories. We developed a more refined method of …