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Migrant workers and involuntary non‐permanent jobs: agencies as new IR actors?
Author(s) -
Hopkins Benjamin,
Dawson Chris
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12134
Subject(s) - work (physics) , crowding , industrial relations , labour economics , demographic economics , migrant workers , political science , survey data collection , business , economic growth , economics , psychology , law , engineering , neuroscience , statistics , mathematics , mechanical engineering
Using Quarterly Labour Force Survey data this article illustrates the involuntary crowding of migrants from Central and Eastern Europe into non‐permanent work when moving to the United Kingdom. The role of agencies in mediating this relationship is examined, as is their new role as actors in industrial relations systems.