Solidarity of Temporary Workers

The Netherlands Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 65-80, 2003

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 Last revised: 16 Sep 2010

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Ferry Koster

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Faculty of Social Sciences

Karin Sanders

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Management

Hetty van Emmerik

Utrecht University - Department of Social and Organizational Psychology

Date Written: 2003

Abstract

This article addresses the effect of temporary employment on employee solidarity. From an embeddedness perspective, we argue that solidarity is influenced by social context. Two forms of embeddedness that are of special importance are temporal and network embeddedness. The temporal embeddedness hypothesis posits a curvilinear relation between employee solidarity and year of employment. The network embeddedness hypothesis states that employee solidarity is positively related to formal and informal network characteristics. Using data for 262 PhD. students, multilevel analyses support both these hypotheses. Year of employment has a curvilinear relation with solidarity, and formal network embeddedness (as measured by the research orientation of the faculty) and informal network embeddedness (as measured by good relations with colleagues) are positively related to the solidarity of PhD. students.

Suggested Citation

Koster, Ferry and Sanders, Karin and van Emmerik, Hetty, Solidarity of Temporary Workers (2003). The Netherlands Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 65-80, 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1436905

Ferry Koster (Contact Author)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Faculty of Social Sciences ( email )

3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

HOME PAGE: http://www.ferrykoster.nl

Karin Sanders

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Management ( email )

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Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

Hetty Van Emmerik

Utrecht University - Department of Social and Organizational Psychology ( email )

P.O. Box 80.140
3508 TC Utrecht
Netherlands

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