Non-Standard Work in Two Different Employment Regimes: Norway and the United States

Olsen, Karen Modesta; & Kalleberg, Arne L. (2004). Non-Standard Work in Two Different Employment Regimes: Norway and the United States. Work, Employment and Society, 18(2), 321-48.

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Olsen, Karen Modesta
Kalleberg, Arne L.

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2004

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Work, Employment and Society

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18

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2

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321-48

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This article examines organizations’ use of non-standard work arrangements - fixed-term employees hired directly by the organization, workers from temporary help agencies (THA), and contractors - in the United States and Norway. Our analysis is based on information obtained from surveys of 802 establishments in the US and 2130 in Norway. We find that Norwegian establishments make greater use of non-standard arrangements than the US establishments; we argue that this is due in part to the greater overall restrictive labour market regulations on hiring and firing regular workers, and greater demand for temporary labour resulting from generous access to leaves of absence, in Norway. We also find that certain institutional factors have a similar impact in both countries. First, establishments in the public sector are more likely to use direct-hired temporary workers and less apt to use contractors and THAs; this pattern is particularly striking in Norway, but is also evident in the United States. Second, highly unionized establishments tend to have the lowest use of non-standard arrangements in both countries.

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Olsen, Karen Modesta; & Kalleberg, Arne L. (2004). Non-Standard Work in Two Different Employment Regimes: Norway and the United States. Work, Employment and Society, 18(2), 321-48.