Consiglio / Moschera Temporary Work Agencies in Italy

Evolution and Impact on the Labour Market
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-44541-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 145 Seiten

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Economics

The book analyzes the rise and evolution of the Temporary Work Agencies' (TWAs) field in Italy. Using an in-depth longitudinal analysis from 1986 to 2015, the authors study the evolution of the Italian labor market, analyzing the interaction between players in the TWA sector and the influence of the regulatory framework on the actors' behavior. In addition the work delivers a precise description of the strategies and structures in Italian TWAs and contributes to increasing the understanding of the use of contingent work in this sector. The book provides a unique description of the Italian TWA sector giving not only the complete history from the early beginning to nowadays, but also key performance and structural data.

Stefano Consiglio is Full Professor of Organizational Theory in the Department of Economics, Management and Institutions at University of Naples Federico II, Naples Italy. His research interests focus on Organizational Design, Contingent Labour, Flexibility and Human Resource Management. He is author of several publications on the change and the increase of the Temporary Work Agency sector in Italy and Europe.   Luigi Moschera is Full Professor of Organizational Theory in the Department of Management at University Parthenope, Naples, Italy. His research interests include Organizational Design, Neo Institutional Theory, Strategic and Organizational Analysis of Public Transportation Service. He has been engaged in the study of TWA sector in Italy and in Europe from over fifteen years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Consiglio, Stefano

Moschera, Luigi

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgments;7
2;Contents;8
3;1 Introduction;11
3.1;Abstract;11
3.2;1.1 Aim;11
3.3;1.2 Research Methods;13
3.4;References;18
4;2 Employment Agency and Temporary Work Agency;19
4.1;Abstract;19
4.2;2.1 Temporary Work Agencies: Traits and the Scope of the Analysis;19
4.3;2.2 The Employment Agencies Industry: An Overview of the Literature;23
4.3.1;2.2.1 The Mainstream Approach;24
4.3.2;2.2.2 Critique to the Mainstream Approach;31
4.4;References;37
5;3 Temporary Work Agencies in Italy;41
5.1;Abstract;41
5.2;3.1 Introduction;41
5.3;3.2 Rise and Evolution of the Italian Temporary Work Agency Field;43
5.3.1;3.2.1 Incubation phase (1986–1996);44
5.3.2;3.2.2 Emergence Phase (1997–2002);46
5.3.3;3.2.3 Development Phase (2003–2007);48
5.3.4;3.2.4 Crisis and Current Phase (2008–2015);49
5.4;3.3 The Regulatory Framework;50
5.4.1;3.3.1 Agency Work in Italy;52
5.4.2;3.3.2 The Impact of the Legislation on the Institutional and Organizational Structure of TWAs;55
5.5;3.4 The Alternative Forms of Employment;58
5.6;References;62
6;4 The Actors in the Italian Temporary Work Agencies’ Field;64
6.1;Abstract;64
6.2;4.1 Introduction;64
6.3;4.2 User Firms;65
6.3.1;4.2.1 Replacing Absent Workers;65
6.3.2;4.2.2 Increasing the Organization’s Flexibility;66
6.3.3;4.2.3 Improving Staff Recruitment;67
6.3.4;4.2.4 Acquiring New Expertise Within the Organization;68
6.3.5;4.2.5 Reducing Labor Costs;69
6.4;4.3 Workers;69
6.4.1;4.3.1 Finding a Stable Job;70
6.4.2;4.3.2 Finding Job Opportunities that Suit a Worker’s Need for Flexibility;72
6.5;4.4 Trade and Professional Associations;73
6.6;4.5 Trade Unions;75
6.7;4.6 Bilateral Organizations;76
6.8;4.7 The State;77
6.9;4.8 The Main Competitors of TWAs;78
6.9.1;4.8.1 Intermediaries;79
6.9.2;4.8.2 Recruitment Agencies;80
6.9.3;4.8.3 Agencies Providing Outplacement Services;81
6.9.4;4.8.4 Online Intermediary Organizations;82
6.10;References;82
7;5 The Structure and Performance of Temporary Work Agencies;86
7.1;Abstract;86
7.2;5.1 The Evolution of the Sector in Italy;86
7.3;5.2 The Structural Features;87
7.3.1;5.2.1 Legal Form;88
7.3.2;5.2.2 The Registered Office;88
7.3.3;5.2.3 Turnover;89
7.3.4;5.2.4 The Staff;89
7.3.5;5.2.5 Branch Offices;90
7.3.6;5.2.6 The Level of Concentration;93
7.4;5.3 Collective Performance;93
7.4.1;5.3.1 Agency Work as a Percentage of Total Employment;94
7.4.2;5.3.2 The Market Share of Agency Work;94
7.4.3;5.3.3 The Number of Agency Workers;94
7.4.4;5.3.4 The Performances in the Italian Regions;95
7.4.5;5.3.5 The Performances in the Different Industries;96
7.5;5.4 Performance Indicators;98
7.5.1;5.4.1 Mean Turnover Per Employee;98
7.5.2;5.4.2 Mean Turnover Per Branch;102
7.5.3;5.4.3 The Mean Number of Employees Per Branch;102
7.6;References;102
8;6 The Economic and Financial Performance of the Sector;103
8.1;Abstract;103
8.2;6.1 Introduction and Methodology;103
8.3;6.2 The Study Population;106
8.4;6.3 The Income Statements Structure;107
8.5;6.4 The Capital Structure;115
8.6;6.5 The Analysis of the Balance Sheet Using Sector Indices;116
8.6.1;6.5.1 The Analysis of the Capital Structure of the Sector;121
8.6.2;6.5.2 The Analysis of the Financial State of the Sector;122
8.7;References;126
9;7 The New Institutional Approach to Analyze the Italian Temporary Work Agencies’ Field;127
9.1;Abstract;127
9.2;7.1 Introduction;127
9.3;7.2 The Institutional Logics to Study the Evolution of the TWAs’ Field;131
9.4;7.3 Logics, Events and Actors;135
9.5;7.4 Emergence and Evolution of a New Organizational Field: Competing Institutional Logics;138
9.6;7.5 Final Considerations;141
9.7;References;143