Patterns of Contract Motives and Work Involvement in Temporary Work: Relationships to Work-Related and General Well-Being

Temporary work is characterized by heterogeneity, and contract motives and work involvement are believed to differentiate temporary workers, which may explain their divergence in terms of subjective well-being. Applying a person-oriented approach using questionnaire data from a sample of Swedish tem...

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Published in:Economic and industrial democracy 2008-11, Vol.29 (4), p.565-591
Main Authors: Bernhard-Oettel, Claudia, Isaksson, Kerstin, Bellaagh, Katalin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contracts
Employees
Employment
Labor Force Participation
Labour relations
Layoffs
Participation
Questionnaires
Sweden
Temporary Employment
Voluntariness
Well Being
Work
Workers
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Summary:Temporary work is characterized by heterogeneity, and contract motives and work involvement are believed to differentiate temporary workers, which may explain their divergence in terms of subjective well-being. Applying a person-oriented approach using questionnaire data from a sample of Swedish temporary workers (N = 184), this study identified six patterns, characterized by distinct combinations of voluntary and involuntary contract motives and work involvement. While controlling for demo-graphics, comparative analyses found differences between these patterns in terms of work-related and general well-being. These findings indicate that knowledge about temporary work and its various consequences is enhanced by considering whole patterns instead of single variables in a person-oriented approach.
ISSN:0143-831X
1461-7099
DOI:10.1177/0143831X08096231