Temporary Agency Work, Interim Management and Consulting are three versions of the flexible assignment of personnel between enterprises, which are – with regard to their basic economic structure - more or less similar, but which are organised under thoroughly different contractual and legal...

The intention of "doing good for society" is regarded to be a crucial motivator for employees in the public sector in order for them to perform well. Recent research in the public sector literature calls for a deeper understanding of how this specific public service motivation (PSM) is shaped....

Growing diffusion of temporary agency work, in conjunction with the growing importance of human capital management, leads to the question who invests in the human capital of temporary agency workers. Therefore, we investigate the parties’ incentives to invest and review the small number of...

The use of temporary agency work is becoming more important for firms as it enables them to increase flexibility. Therefore, it is highly relevant to have a thorough understanding of the explanatory factors behind its use. Most recent literature focuses on the assumed cost effect of temporary...