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Huang, Jie-Tsuen – Career Development Quarterly, 2011
The purpose of this study was to apply Ajzen's (1991) theory of planned behavior to examine college students' intentions to engage in contingent employment. Data were collected from 845 students in 8 colleges and universities in Taiwan. The results of structural equation modeling analyses indicated that both attitude and subjective norms were…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, College Students, Temporary Employment, Intention
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Felfe, Jorg; Franke, Franziska – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2010
Felfe and Franke share the authors' belief that contingent workers play an increasing role among the workforce in general (Desiderio, Djibo, & Price, 2010). As the authors state, the increase of temporary work is primarily due to economic demands. Particularly when confronted with seasonal or economic fluctuations, contingent work may be a means…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, Employee Attitudes, Behavior, Leadership
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Boswell, Wendy R.; Watkins, Maria Baskerville; Triana, Maria del Carmen; Zardkoohi, Asghar; Ren, Run; Umphress, Elizabeth E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
Outsourcing of jobs to contract workers who work alongside a client's employees has changed the human resource landscape of many organizations. In this study we examine how a contract worker's perceived employment status similarity to the client's own standard employees influences his/her affective commitment to both the client and the employer…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Employees, Employment Level, Human Resources
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Rosti, Luisa; Chelli, Francesco – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to verify whether higher education increases the likelihood of young Italian workers moving from non-standard to standard wage contracts. Design/methodology/approach: The authors exploit a data set on labour market flows, produced by the Italian National Statistical Office, by interviewing about 85,000…
Descriptors: Wages, Higher Education, Labor Market, Graduates
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Sasaki, Lindsey – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
International migration between Japan and Brazil dates back to 1908, when the first group of Japanese migrated to Brazil. However, in the 1980s, a reverse flow occurred, as thousands of Brazilians of Japanese descent traveled to Japan to work in manufacturing and construction factories ("dekasegi" workers). Japanese Brazilians up until…
Descriptors: Overseas Employment, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Student Mobility
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Taylor, Alison; Foster, Jason; Cambre, Carolina – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2012
The purpose of this article is to explore the experiences of Temporary Foreign Workers in health care in Alberta, Canada. In 2007-2008, one of the regional health authorities in the province responded to a shortage of workers by recruiting 510 health-care workers internationally; most were trained as Registered Nurses (RNs) in the Philippines.…
Descriptors: Credentials, Temporary Employment, Nurses, Foreign Workers
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Dekker, Jeroen J. H.; Amsing, Hilda T. A.; Hahurij, Lisa; Wichgers, Inge – Journal of Social Science Education, 2014
Some years after the world-wide crisis starting in 2008, also many recently graduated Dutch academics were confronted with the problem of how to cope with getting a job. This article focuses on the coping strategies they use when searching after a job, spending the day, and coping with limited financial means. 91 graduated academics completed a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Resilience (Psychology), Unemployment
Jones, Robin D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Interim leadership appointments in higher education are a common strategy used to fill leadership gaps in executive positions. Because student affairs executives are particularly vulnerable to high turnover rates, interim appointments are becoming more widespread. Even with the prevalence of this trend, little attention has been given to the…
Descriptors: Leadership, Temporary Employment, Labor Turnover, Student Personnel Workers
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Shaukat, Sadia – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2011
This study explains the development and validation of a questionnaire instrument to measure the self-efficacy beliefs of 180 in-service schoolteachers in Pakistan. Four dimensions of teacher self-efficacy were identified in the Pakistani context: classroom management, persistent behaviour, level of teacher anxiety and professional mastery.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Temporary Employment, Private Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
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Malcolm, Irene – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
There has been little exploration of emotional labor in researching the learning of adults, and emotional labor on the part of research contractors has scarcely featured in published debates. The article explores the role of emotion in this context from a critical feminist perspective, drawing on life history data from a study of the learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biographies, Critical Literacy, Feminism
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Soltys, Stephen M. – Academic Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: Being successful in the role of an Interim Chair requires an approach to transitional leadership that is different from that of individuals filling the Chair role permanently. This article reviews pertinent literature on the topic. Method: The author reviewed the literature, cited pertinent articles, and supplemented with personal…
Descriptors: College Administration, Leadership, Department Heads, Temporary Employment
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De Cuyper, Nele; De Witte, Hans – Journal of Career Development, 2010
Perceived employability (PE) has been advanced as the upcoming resource for career development, particularly for temporary workers. The question is how temporary workers become employable. Our hypothesis is that temporary workers more than permanent workers use impression management to become employable, both on the internal and the external labor…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, Employment Potential, Attitudes, Influences
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Djibo, Idriss J. A.; Desiderio, Katie P.; Price, Noriece M. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2010
The attention given to the contingent segment of the workforce has significantly increased over the past decade. Investigative topics include the correlates of temporary employee work attitudes and behaviors. This study used a correlational design to examine leader behaviors outlined by the path-goal theory of leadership, as perceived by temporary…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, Employees, Work Attitudes, Citizenship
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Chambel, Maria Jose; Sobral, Filipa – Career Development International, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether a social exchange relationship between temporary workers and organizations is possible. The authors aim to consider whether, when training is perceived by an employee as an organizational practice that promotes his or her employability, this entails a social exchange relationship.…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Temporary Employment, Organizational Development, Social Exchange Theory
Peterson, Erin – CURRENTS, 2011
An interim president has to perform a particularly difficult balancing act. He or she shoulders the burdens from--or legacy of--the previous president and must also provide a foundation of stability for the new president. Throughout the process, effective communication--both internally and externally--is critical to ensuring a smooth transition.…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Temporary Employment, Administrator Responsibility, Communication Skills
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