In order to understand highly-skilled flexible workers' job satisfaction, we take their track records into consideration, integrating several employment contracts. We conceptualize our research interest within the framework of the psychological contract to explore individual rationalities in...

Unternehmensgründungen gelten als Träger der Beschäftigungsexpansion. Diese Wahrnehmung stützt sich auf eine breite Palette empirischer Erkenntnisse, theoretische Erklärungsansätze existieren aber nur vereinzelt. Der Autor entwickelt Bausteine zu einer solchen, mit der Empirie zu...

"In the increasingly knowledge- and innovation-based economy in which the mobility of the workforce is vital, employees and ex-employees are considered to be one of the biggest threats to the existence of trade secrets. The interests of the former parties to the employment relationship are...

Generally, fixed-term employment contracts are seen as a stepping stone to permanent employment; they have become popular among the flexible forms of work contracts, and are the object of an increasing number of debates and assessments, investigating both the respective legislation and the...