Essays about: "contingent employment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words contingent employment.

  1. 1. Did regional EU funding impact the Brexit referendum?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Freja Dobreff; [2020]
    Keywords : Brexit; European integration; Cohesion Policy; voting patterns; regional economic growth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Following a 2016 referendum on European Union membership where 51.9% of the British electorate voted to leave, the United Kingdom has decided to exit the EU and will therefore no longer receive regional EU funding. READ MORE

  3. 2. Understanding Self-Branding in the Digital Age: Insights for Swedes

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi; Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Evelina Lidman; Annika Romell; [2019]
    Keywords : self-branding; digitalisation; social media; self-employed; changing economy;

    Abstract : Problem: A changing economy bears many implications; precarity within employment, the restructuring of concepts, management of activities and the employment of tools reinforcing security. As a measure to procure and preserve employment in the modern market self- branding has been proposed. READ MORE

  4. 3. CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS (CCTs), EDUCATION AND LABOR MARKETS: An inquiry into poverty reduction in Ghana through the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Maria Bruce; [2016]
    Keywords : Conditional Cash Transfer CCT ; Ghana; Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty LEAP ; education; labor market; poverty; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate short term poverty and reduce intergenerational poverty by supplying targeted poor households with cash transfers contingent upon certain program parameters, such as school attendance for children. Evaluation on CCTs have found that such programs generally increase school enrolment and school attendance but its subsequent effect on labor market participation is only assumed without sufficient evidence. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is Free Trade Good for Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Stefania Galli; [2014-12-12]
    Keywords : trade; trade liberalization; trade openness; trade policy; growth rate; Sub-Saharan Africa; development; economic growth; development economics; Structural Adjustment Programmes; liberalization; reforms;

    Abstract : MSc in International Business and Trade.... READ MORE

  6. 5. Seasonal Employees as Brand Ambassadors? - A Bachelor Thesis about Management Strategies for Seasonal Employee Commitment and Brand Ambassadorship

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för service management och tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Kristina Magnusson; [2014]
    Keywords : seasonal employment; contingent employment; employee commitment; branded service encounters; brand personality; brand ambassadors; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Today, the majority of employees in the tourism industry work under contingent and fairly insecure working conditions, among them seasonal employees. In this industry, the business of amusement parks and resort hotels is one with a high quota of seasonally hired front-line employees. READ MORE