Work environment and health in different types of temporary jobs
The aim of the study was to compare and analyse differences in work conditions and health between workers in permanent and temporary employment. The study group consisted of a representative, stratified sample of the Swedish working population (n = 2767). The data support the main hypothesis of the study, i.e., that temporary employed differ from permanent employed in control over their working life. With some exceptions, there were clear differences between these two categories with respect to a number of variables that can be regarded as central to both the individual's success at work and protection against job loss and exclusion from working life. Health differences were in favour of the permanent employed. There were also considerable differences between different sub-groups of temporary employees of such amplitude and consistency that they formed a distinct centre-periphery structure.
Thirteen primary level teachers provided information on 321 students concerning the children’s temperament characteristics, school performance estimates, and classroom management decisions. Factor analysis of the temperament measures yielded three independent factors: Task Orientation, Adaptability, and Reactivity. These factors replicate earlier findings with a similar instrument and meld with other research on teachers’ behavioral ratings. The most important finding to emerge concerned the strong and consistent relationship between the students’ temperament characteristics and teachers’ classroom decisions. Multiple regression analyses indicated that most of the teachers used Task Orientation information across classroom management decision-making situations.