Exploring the Career Transition of Atypical Employment from a Life Course Perspective: The case of Dispatched Workers
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Chen, Qun-Pei
Abstract
Atypical employment has become an acute social problem in Taiwan in recent decades. This research aims to depict the life course trajectories of the dispatched workers, and analyze their interactions with the institutions of the labor market. Through secondary data analysis and in-depth interviews, this study identifies the main factors affecting the career developments of the dispatched workers are the human capital and job positions, interactions between the individuals and institutions, as well as the individual preferences and personal characters of the dispatched workers.
This thesis finds that the current dispatching mechanisms would reinforce the stratification over the life course. For the dispatched workers, although the dispatched work could temporarily prevent them from unemployment, in the long term it is still difficult for them to escape from the vicious cycle of low income and low security. What’s worse: bad dispatching jobs could even precipitate the accumulation of such disadvantages, such as reducing labor mobilities and transition opportunities, leading to higher inequality.
To maintain social justice, the state should set up flexible policies allowing the workers more life opportunities, and protecting them from institutional exclusion. Moreover, the state policies should intervene in the relationships between employers and dispatched workers in order to reduce the vulnerability of the latter. In conclusion, this thesis discusses the coping strategies for life course risks, and elaborates the ideas and experiences of the European countries, such as reconstructing transitional labor markets and integrating age structures, in order to explore innovative social policies against the new social risks.
Subjects
life course
dispatched workers
career transition
atypical employment
transitional labor market
SDGs
Type
thesis
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