A study on the agency work industry in Singapore

• Main Authors: Ang, Khim Wee, Cheong, Ming Hui, Tan, Jian Lin
• Other Authors: Chew Seow Lung, Rosalind
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42425
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Agency work is a conundrum. It lowers search costs but undermines employment conditions and rights; it offers job flexibility but compromises on job security. While there has been substantial research on the agency work industry in the United States, Europe and Japan, little has been done in Asia, i...