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Stable Flexibility – Long-term Strategic Use of Temporary Agency Workers in Sweden

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  • Hakansson, Kristina
  • Isidorsson, Tommy
  • Kantelius, Hannes

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The use of temporary agency workers is closely linked to the concept of numerical flexibility, entailing a need for additional staff in booms. However, previous research has also revealed a trend towards a more extensive and constant use of temporary agency workers. Even though the long-term use is not new, there is hardly any knowledge of how this transfer from short- to long-term use takes place. In this article, the exchange process between the temporary work agency and the user firm is scrutinised to explore and explain how the use of blue-collar temporary agency workers has become a long-term strategic use of the user firm’s staffing strategy.

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  • Hakansson, Kristina & Isidorsson, Tommy & Kantelius, Hannes, 2013. "Stable Flexibility – Long-term Strategic Use of Temporary Agency Workers in Sweden," International Journal of Action Research, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 9(3), pages 278-300.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:ijares:doi_10.1688/1861-9916_ijar_2013_03_hakansson
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    1. Genevieve Knight & Zhang Wei, 2015. "Isolating the Determinants of Temporary Agency Worker Use by Firms: An Analysis of Temporary Agency Workers in Australian Aged Care," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 18(2), pages 205-237.

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    Keywords

    agency work; flexibility; flexible organization; labour market flexibility; staffing strategy; temporary agency workers; temporary work agency;
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    JEL classification:

    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights

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