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påverkas företags styrning då inhyrd personal ingår i personalstyrkan?
Management controlTemporary workersClient organizationStyrningInhyrd personalBemanningsbranschenInhyrningInhyrande företag
The use of temporary workers gives companies the opportunity to be flexible, by avoiding hiring and dismissing workers because of economic conditions and trends in demand. The management control in use at the company has the purpose of influencing employees? behaviour to act in the company?s best interest and towards its goals. The management control should also influence the behaviour of the temporary worker. The companies have to create motivation and commitment among the temporary workers although they are employed by a staffing agency. We question whether companies that use temporary workers must control them in a different way than the way they control the employees.The aim of this study was to analyse whether management control in companies is influenced by the fact that temporary workers are a part of the staff.We chose to make an empirical study, based on eight qualitative interviews at three companies.The result of the study shows that there are not many substantial differences in management control, even though one of the studied companies used a higher degree of action control toward the temporary workers. Temporary workers are generally controlled with the same types of control and controls as the employees. However, we have identified some differences in controlling temporary workers compared to controlling employees, but these differences have not influenced the outcome of the management control. On the other hand it seems that the control has partly become more difficult in a practical way for the managers. To manage these problems a high degree of social control has been necessary.