Professional Temporary Agencies, Women and Professional Discretion: Implications for Organizations and Management
研究发现，大型传统组织中女性感知的控制权低于男性，这促使更多女性转向专业临时机构以增强自主权，而非出于偏好或家庭义务。
There are a disproportionate number of professional women working through temporary agencies. We develop a theory wherein this gender skewness in temporary‐agency employment results from the differences in perceptions of control at work between men and women working through large traditional organizations. Our theory suggests that if control is perceived to be less for women than for men in large organizations, then women will tend to populate other work arrangements, like temporary agencies, in order to enhance their control. Propositions are tested via a unique data set comparing the responses of employees from both a London temporary accountancy agency and a large London accountancy firm. Our results are consistent with a lack of control driving professional women from large firms to temporary agencies, and neither rely on preference differences nor familial obligations.