The good temp.

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Temporary agencies place approximately two and a half million people in jobs each day in the United States. Every year, about twelve million people use these placement agencies to find temporary work. Many Americans, even those who desire permanent jobs, decide to enter the labor market through the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Vicki, 1951-
Other Authors: Neuwirth, Esther B., 1966- Neuwirth, Esther Batia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Temporary employees > United States.
Temporary help services > United States.
Temporary employment > United States.
Travailleurs temporaires > États-Unis.
Entreprises de travail temporaire > États-Unis.
Travail temporaire > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Human Resources & Personnel Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Temporary employees
Temporary employment
Temporary help services
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The temporary advantage: introduction
  • The social construction of new markets and products
  • "We're not body pushers" : constructing a pool of good temps
  • Softening "rough and tough managers" : creating good enough jobs for temps
  • Shaping and stabilizing the personnel policy environment
  • Good enough temporary jobs make good enough temporary employment?

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