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Flexible Employment as a Unidirectional Career? Results from Field Experiments

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  • Elisabeth Duetschke
  • Sabine Boerner

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Although the number of flexible workers is constantly growing, little is known about career paths built up on flexible employment. In this article, we investigate the chances of former flexible workers to be employed in a permanent full-time position. In two field experiments, we asked for employers’ evaluation of applicants with a flexible employment history. Results indicate that former part-time work is in fact perceived as a disadvantage for candidates when applying for a permanent full-time position while other types of flexible work (e.g., fixed term contracts, part-time work, and interorganizational mobility) are not. Implications of these results for individual careers and employers’ understanding of personnel are discussed.

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  • Elisabeth Duetschke & Sabine Boerner, 2009. "Flexible Employment as a Unidirectional Career? Results from Field Experiments," management revue. Socio-economic Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 20(1), pages 15-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:mamere:doi_10.1688/1861-9908_mrev_2009_1_duetschke
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    Keywords

    flexible employment; standard employment; contemporary careers; evaluation of CVs;
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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