From standard to non-standard employment: Labour force change in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
Author(s)
Allan, C
Brosnan, P
Horwitz, F
Walsh, P
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2001
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A critical labour market issue in all developed economies is the growth of non-standard forms of labour such as temporary, part-time, casual work, fixed term contracts, sub-contracting, homeworking, agency labour and so on. This paper provides survey evidence of employers' past, present and intended usage of non-standard forms of labour in three countries: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Our results indicate that non-standard forms of employment do represent an important feature of the contemporary workplace, to varying degrees, in these three countries. However, our findings also show that standard, full-time, ...
View more >A critical labour market issue in all developed economies is the growth of non-standard forms of labour such as temporary, part-time, casual work, fixed term contracts, sub-contracting, homeworking, agency labour and so on. This paper provides survey evidence of employers' past, present and intended usage of non-standard forms of labour in three countries: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Our results indicate that non-standard forms of employment do represent an important feature of the contemporary workplace, to varying degrees, in these three countries. However, our findings also show that standard, full-time, permanent employment still remains the dominant form of employment in all three countries.
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View more >A critical labour market issue in all developed economies is the growth of non-standard forms of labour such as temporary, part-time, casual work, fixed term contracts, sub-contracting, homeworking, agency labour and so on. This paper provides survey evidence of employers' past, present and intended usage of non-standard forms of labour in three countries: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Our results indicate that non-standard forms of employment do represent an important feature of the contemporary workplace, to varying degrees, in these three countries. However, our findings also show that standard, full-time, permanent employment still remains the dominant form of employment in all three countries.
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Journal Title
International Journal of Manpower
Volume
22
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2001 Emerald: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the publisher version for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Applied economics