Flexibility and Stability in Working Life

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Reclaiming the Concept of Flexibility....Pages 1-17
For Whom Is Flexibility Good and Bad? An Overview....Pages 18-29
Flexibility, Stability and Related Concepts....Pages 30-41
Britain’s Flexible Labour Force: New Barriers to Individual Employment Rights....Pages 42-62
Flexibility’s New Clothes: A Historical Perspective on the Public Discussion in Sweden....Pages 63-82
Large Corporations and the Emergence of a Flexible Economic System: Some Recent Developments in the UK....Pages 83-102
Temporary Agency Work in the European Union — Economic Rationale and Equal Treatment....Pages 103-122
Flexibility, Stability and Agency Work: A Comparison of the Use of Agency Work in Sweden and the UK....Pages 123-147
Flexible Work Situations and Employees’ Thoughts of Leaving the Organization....Pages 148-172
Type of Employment Contract and Attitudes to Flexibility: An Analysis of Data from Three Swedish Surveys....Pages 173-196
Time-related Flexibility and Stability for Employees....Pages 197-217
Back Matter....Pages 218-239