Do temporary agency workers affect workplace performance?

Bryson, Alex (2013) Do temporary agency workers affect workplace performance? Journal of Productivity Analysis, 39 (2). pp. 131-138. ISSN 0895-562X

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Abstract

Using nationally representative workplace data we find the use of temporary agency workers (TAW) is positively associated with financial performance in the British private sector and weakly associated with higher sales per employee. However TAW is not associated with value added per employee. Employees in workplaces with TAW receive higher wages than observationally equivalent employees in non-TAW workplaces. But the presence of TAW in the employee’s occupation is associated with lower wages for employees in that occupation. Furthermore, conditioning on wages, the presence of TAW at the workplace is associated with lower job satisfaction and higher job anxiety among employees. These findings are consistent with TAW having an adverse effect on employees’ experiences at work, perhaps due a more labour intensive regime, one which is only partly compensated for with higher wages.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.springerlink.com/content/0895-562x/
Additional Information:	© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification:	J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining > J50 - General L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure: Markets vs. Hierarchies; Vertical Integration; Conglomerates; Subsidiaries L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L23 - Organization of Production L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L24 - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2012 15:29
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 05:39
Projects:	OPD/37358
Funders:	Nuffield Foundation
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/45610

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