LEADER 04116nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910826364703321 005 20240416112033.0 010 $a0-8014-7796-4 010 $a0-8014-5931-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801459313 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081044 035 $a(OCoLC)768694027 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457606 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311700 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594955 035 $a(PQKB)11622671 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137985 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28941 035 $a(DE-B1597)478607 035 $a(OCoLC)979954120 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801459313 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457606 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681838 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081044 100 $a20071207d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe good temp /$fVicki Smith, Esther B. Neuwirth 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIthaca $cILR Press/Cornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-50556-X 311 0 $a0-8014-4580-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Temporary Advantage: Introduction --$t2. The Social Construction of New Markets and Products --$t3. "We're Not Body Pushers" --$t4. Softening "Rough and Tough Managers" --$t5. Shaping and Stabilizing the Personnel Policy Environment --$t6. Do Good Enough Temporary Jobs Make Good Enough Temporary Employment? The Case for Transitional Mobility --$tAppendix I. Analyzing the Management Media --$tAppendix II. Frequently Asked Questions about the Economic and Legal Dimensions of Temporary Employment --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aTemporary agencies place approximately two and a half million people in jobs each day in the United States. Every year, about twelve million people use these placement agencies to find temporary work. Many Americans, even those who desire permanent jobs, decide to enter the labor market through the portal of temporary agencies. Compared with the post-World War II era, when it was a marginal labor practice, temporary employment is today an entrenched feature of jobs and labor markets. How have temporary employment relationships become so widespread and normalized? In The Good Temp, Vicki Smith and Esther B. Neuwirth provide some novel answers to this question. Their provocative analysis is based on an insider's view of the interior dynamics of a temporary help agency in Silicon Valley. It incorporates a historical perspective on the rise of the temporary help service industry. Smith and Neuwirth document how this powerful industry not only created a new market for temporary labor but also played a fundamental role in the erosion of the permanent employment model. They analyze how agencies themselves came to manufacture and market this reinvented product-the good temp, an employee who is effective and efficient, committed, and sometimes preferable to a permanent staff member. Joining extensive participant observation data with historical analysis, The Good Temp contains some surprising findings about temporary employment today and fills a significant gap in our understanding of this important labor relationship. 606 $aTemporary employees$zUnited States 606 $aTemporary help services$zUnited States 606 $aTemporary employment$zUnited States 615 0$aTemporary employees 615 0$aTemporary help services 615 0$aTemporary employment 676 $a331.25/7290973 700 $aSmith$b Vicki$f1951-$01112326 701 $aNeuwirth$b Esther B$g(Esther Batia),$f1966-$01692318 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826364703321 996 $aThe good temp$94069314 997 $aUNINA