TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a research agenda on the sustainable and socially responsible management of agency workers through a flexicurity model of HRM
AU - Zhang, Mingqiong Mike
AU - Bartram, Timothy
AU - McNeil, Nicola
AU - Dowling, Peter John
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Agency work is one of the most rapidly growing forms of employment in leading economies over the past two decades, signifying a global shift towards non-standard flexible employment modes. The rapid growth of agency work has become one of the most notable global employment trends and is set to become a permanent feature of the modern workplace. The growth of agency employment raises a number of ethical challenges for governments and businesses. A key emerging challenge is to identify firm-level HRM strategies to effectively manage and protect agency employees. Based on an extensive review of the existing research on agency work, this article develops an organizational-level flexicurity model of HRM as a promising answer to effectively manage agency employees in responsible ways within the context of increasing employment flexibilization. This article also develops a research agenda, providing a platform to inform future research.
AB - Agency work is one of the most rapidly growing forms of employment in leading economies over the past two decades, signifying a global shift towards non-standard flexible employment modes. The rapid growth of agency work has become one of the most notable global employment trends and is set to become a permanent feature of the modern workplace. The growth of agency employment raises a number of ethical challenges for governments and businesses. A key emerging challenge is to identify firm-level HRM strategies to effectively manage and protect agency employees. Based on an extensive review of the existing research on agency work, this article develops an organizational-level flexicurity model of HRM as a promising answer to effectively manage agency employees in responsible ways within the context of increasing employment flexibilization. This article also develops a research agenda, providing a platform to inform future research.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-2045-z
U2 - 10.1007/s10551-013-2045-z
DO - 10.1007/s10551-013-2045-z
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-4544
VL - 127
SP - 513
EP - 523
JO - Journal of Business Ethics
JF - Journal of Business Ethics
IS - 3
ER -