Abstract Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Nutzung atypischer Beschäftigung im ostdeutschen Mittelstand. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen einer explorativen Fragebogenuntersuchung werden zunächst die Nutzungsformen und die Nutzungsintensität von Leiharbeit, geringfügiger...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the work-related identity of temporary agency workers (TAWs), a topic that has received a limited amount of attention in previous research. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a qualitative method and draws upon interviews with 30 TAWs...

The last dozen years Corporate Governance (CG) has become an important subject in many countries around the world. Although it has been admitted that governance models vary greatly between different countries and that there is no single ideal model of governance (Mygind 1998), Turnbull (1997,...

The article presents the results of an explorative study that aimed at exploring work related issues in students' perceptions of their job as atypical employees. An individual picture of the experienced work reality of students is drawn according to work task, flexible working hours,...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the experiences of permanent liminality of academics and the associated multidimensional processes of identity negotiation. Design/methodology/approach: The article draws upon a three-and-a-half-year at-home ethnography. The first author – as insider,...

This article at hand presents the results of an explorative empirical investigation in East German SMEs. The focus of the article is on the usage of different modes of atypical employment by these firms. Additionally, the purposes as well as the difficulties accompanying this practice are...