<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Economic changes and a booming tourism industry in Iceland have triggered a rise in temporary workforce, where employees are brought to Iceland from Eastern Europe and other less economically developed countries. Major societal and economic shifts are evidenced by a doubled number of temporary staffing agencies and a ten-fold increase in foreign temporary agency workers. However, limited research exists regarding the phenomenon. Furthermore, the expectations of temporary work force in Iceland have not been researched. The study employed field survey methods to investigate pre-arrival expectations and post-arrival experiences of temporary agency workers regarding temporary agencies and Icelandic society. The findings indicate that the employees had relatively high expectations towards the temporary staffing agency and Icelandic society before arriving in Iceland. However, the findings also indicated unmet expectations in these respects. The study provides empirical data that serves as catalyst for both expectation management and better integration of foreign temporary workforce.</p></abstract>

Economic changes and a booming tourism industry in Iceland have triggered a rise in temporary workforce, where employees are brought to Iceland from Eastern Europe and other less economically developed countries. Major societal and economic shifts are evidenced by a doubled number of temporary staffing agencies and a ten-fold increase in foreign temporary agency workers. However, limited research exists regarding the phenomenon. Furthermore, the expectations of temporary work force in Iceland have not been researched. The study employed field survey methods to investigate pre-arrival expectations and post-arrival experiences of temporary agency workers regarding temporary agencies and Icelandic society. The findings indicate that the employees had relatively high expectations towards the temporary staffing agency and Icelandic society before arriving in Iceland. However, the findings also indicated unmet expectations in these respects. The study provides empirical data that serves as catalyst for both expectation management and better integration of foreign temporary workforce.

Lithuanian Temporary Workers in Iceland in Another Economic Boom: Expectations and Experiences

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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Economic changes and a booming tourism industry in Iceland have triggered a rise in temporary workforce, where employees are brought to Iceland from Eastern...

Lithuanian Temporary Workers in Iceland in Another Economic Boom: Expectations and Experiences

Published Online: Aug 06, 2019

Page range: 101 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2019-0008

Keywords
Expectations, foreign temporary agency workers, temporary staffing agency, migration

© 2019 South East European Journal of Economics and Business, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Lithuanian Temporary Workers in Iceland in Another Economic Boom: Expectations and Experiences

Published Online: Aug 06, 2019

Page range: 101 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2019-0008

KeywordsExpectations, foreign temporary agency workers, temporary staffing agency, migration

© 2019 South East European Journal of Economics and Business, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Expectations, foreign temporary agency workers, temporary staffing agency, migration