Job quality in triadic employment relations: Work attitudes of Norwegian temporary help agency employees. Issue 3 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kalleberg, Arne L.; Nesheim, Torstein; Olsen, Karen M.
• Is Part Of: Scandinavian journal of management. Volume 31:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 362
• Page End: 374
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Industrial management -- Periodicals; Industrial management -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; Gestion d'entreprise -- Périodiques; Gestion d'entreprise -- Scandinavie -- Périodiques; 658
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2015.03.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-5221

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">We examine job quality among employees of temporary help agencies (THA).</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">We assess how triadic employment relations influence work attitudes.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Job quality is greater when the employees are valuable to the client-firm.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Conflicting signals from THAs and clients reduce job satisfaction.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">Preferences for temporary work are strongly associated with job satisfaction.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>