Articles about temporary agency work

Unique survey of temporary employments

How are the conditions for learning and development at workplaces within the healthcare affected, when more of the staff are hired temporarily? That is the object for a study among nurses and midwives, done by Luleå University of Technology's researchers Åsa Engström and Anna Berg Jansson.

How do temporary employments affect the conditions for learning and development?

The number of hired nurses has increased significantly within Swedish healthcare, but there is not much research about how this affects the working conditions. Anna Berg Jansson, researcher in Human Work Science at Luleå University of Technology, has received a grant from Forte to examine how temporary agency work within Swedish healthcare affects conditions for learning and development.

Unique study of hired nurses

A unique study has been done among specialist nurses in intensive care in Norrbotten, where both temporary and permanent staff have been interviewed about their work. The answers are so interesting to the researchers, that they now want to investigate the matter further.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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