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Narrating the Power of Non‐Standard Employment: The Case of the Israeli Public Sector

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  • Orly Benjamin
  • Rona Goclaw

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abstract Applying a critical discourse analysis approach, this study shows how the argument equating non‐standard employment (NSE) with organizational efficiency gains dominance over the contesting argument that views NSE as reducing organizational efficiency. We interviewed 24 senior‐level HR managers in the Israeli public sector, where NSE is used extensively, in order to shed light on the discursive order and the power struggle between these contesting arguments. Findings point to two story‐lines that helped discredit the argument in which NSE reduces organizational efficiency: (1) a statement of loyalty to organizational efficiency, accompanied by a gesture of concern for employees in non‐standard arrangements; and (2) subordinating an implied preference for eliminating NSE to organizational constraints.

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  • Orly Benjamin & Rona Goclaw, 2005. "Narrating the Power of Non‐Standard Employment: The Case of the Israeli Public Sector," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(4), pages 737-759, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:42:y:2005:i:4:p:737-759
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00517.x
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    1. Kevin Morrell, 2008. "The Narrative of ‘Evidence Based’ Management: A Polemic," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(3), pages 613-635, May.
    2. Orly Benjamin & Sarit Nisim & Galit Segev, 2015. "Corporate Social Responsibility as Shaped by Managers’ Role Dissonance: Cleaning Services Procurement in Israel," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 130(1), pages 209-221, August.

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