Between Keeping Your Head Down and Trying to Get Noticed: Agency Workers in French Car Assembly Plants

Christina Purcell; Paul Brook; Rosemary Lucas

doi:10.5771/0935-9915-2011-2-169

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- 103–106 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 103–106
- 107–113 Introduction: New Perspectives on the Quality of Working Life Ralph Kattenbach, Jacqueline O’Reilly Ralph Kattenbach, Jacqueline O’Reilly 107–113
- 114–131 Gender Inequality and Job Quality in Europe Peter Mühlau Peter Mühlau 114–131
- 132–150 Sustaining the Work Ability and Work Motivation of Lower-educated Older Workers: Directions for Work Redesign Jos Sanders, Luc Dorenbosch, Rob Gründemann, Roland Blonk Jos Sanders, Luc Dorenbosch, Rob Gründemann, Roland Blonk 132–150
- 151–168 The Role of Work-home Interference and Workplace Learning in the Energy-depletion Process Joris Van Ruysseveldt, Karin Proost, Peter Verboon Joris Van Ruysseveldt, Karin Proost, Peter Verboon 151–168
- 169–187 Between Keeping Your Head Down and Trying to Get Noticed: Agency Workers in French Car Assembly Plants Christina Purcell, Paul Brook, Rosemary Lucas Christina Purcell, Paul Brook, Rosemary Lucas 169–187
- 188–209 Are there Spillover Effects of a Family Supportive Work Environment on Employees without Childcare Responsibilities? Anja Feierabend, Philippe Mahler, Bruno Staffelbach Anja Feierabend, Philippe Mahler, Bruno Staffelbach 188–209
- 210–216 Book Reviews 210–216
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Between Keeping Your Head Down and Trying to Get Noticed: Agency Workers in French Car Assembly Plants

Autoren

Christina Purcell Paul Brook Rosemary Lucas

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2011-2-169
- ISSN print: 0935-9915
- ISSN online: 1861-9908
Abstract

Numerical flexibility is commonly promoted as a driver of employment growth. However, contingent work is frequently associated with “bad jobs”, particularly for those in low skilled occupations. Agency work is a common and growing form of contingent work and is often promoted as a tool for facilitating the labour market integration of young workers. In France, young agency workers make up a significant part of the labour force within car assembly plants. Studies have shown that these workers have harsher working conditions than permanent co-workers and are subject to a “despotic” factory regime. However, the triangular relationship, which frames the agency contract, may give rise to a more complex outcome in which the aspiration for stable employment mediates the coercion of labour market vulnerability.
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