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

Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Kerstin Isaksson and Katalin Bellaagh
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Claudia Bernhard-Oettel: Stockholm University
Kerstin Isaksson: Mälardalen University
Katalin Bellaagh: National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2008, vol. 29, issue 4, 565-591

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: alternative employment; contract motives; employee well-being; person-oriented approach; work involvement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X08096231

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