Constructing markets for temporary labour: employment liberalization and the internationalization of the staffing industry
Constructing markets for temporary labour: employment liberalization and the internationalization of the staffing industry
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1471-0374.2005.00105.x
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Ward, K
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作者：
Peck, J;Theodore, N;Ward, K
临时工加入了全球化服务行业的行列。最大的机构现在已经在60多个国家建立了业务，它们在这些国家为从文书、清洁和轻工业工作到会计、法律和IT等一系列职业的员工安排临时职位。在这一利润率较低和竞争激烈的行业中，为了保持销售额的增长，必须在世界各地开辟新的职业和地理市场。人力资源行业最有利可图的“新兴市场”出现在积极放松监管的全球北方经济体--包括西班牙、德国、意大利和日本。在探索人力资源行业如何积极参与这些市场建设的同时，我们认为，这一快速增长的业务已成为劳动力市场自由化的重要推动者。
Temporary staffing has joined the ranks of the globalizing service industries. The largest agencies have now established a presence in more than sixty nations, where they are placing employees in temporary positions across a range of occupations, from clerical, cleaning and light industrial work through to accountancy, law and IT. The opening up of new occupational and geographical markets around the world has been driven by the imperative to sustain growth in sales volumes, in this business of tight margins and fierce competition. The most lucrative of the staffing industry's 'emerging markets' are found in the actively deregulating economies of the global North - including Spain, Germany, Italy and Japan. While exploring how the staffing industry has been active in the construction of these markets, we argue that this fast-growing business has become an important agent of labour market liberalization.