| Title |
Towards a Research Agenda on the Sustainable and Socially Responsible Management of Agency Workers Through a Flexicurity Model of HRM |
| ID_Doc |
77093 |
| Authors |
Zhang, MM; Bartram, T; McNeil, N; Dowling, PJ |
| Title |
Towards a Research Agenda on the Sustainable and Socially Responsible Management of Agency Workers Through a Flexicurity Model of HRM |
| Year |
2015 |
| Published |
Journal Of Business Ethics, 127, 3 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s10551-013-2045-z |
| Abstract |
Agency work is one of the most rapidly growing forms of employment in leading economies over the past two decades, signifying a global shift towards non-standard flexible employment modes. The rapid growth of agency work has become one of the most notable global employment trends and is set to become a permanent feature of the modern workplace. The growth of agency employment raises a number of ethical challenges for governments and businesses. A key emerging challenge is to identify firm-level HRM strategies to effectively manage and protect agency employees. Based on an extensive review of the existing research on agency work, this article develops an organizational-level flexicurity model of HRM as a promising answer to effectively manage agency employees in responsible ways within the context of increasing employment flexibilization. This article also develops a research agenda, providing a platform to inform future research. |
| Author Keywords |
Agency work; Ethics; Flexibility; Flexicurity; Future of employment; HRM |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000351241200002 |
| WoS Category |
Business; Ethics |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Social Sciences - Other Topics |
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