Discipline details

Course details

Recommended Prior Knowledge

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Objectives

The curricular unit (CU) seeks to provide students with a set of knowledge that allows them to understand and intervene in the management of temporary work. The aim is to raise awareness of the main working mechanisms of temporary work in Portugal, as well as to discuss the role of this form of employment relationship in the lives of organizations and workers. The objectives of the CU are to provide students with a set of skills:
• To analyse the role of temporary work in the lives of organizations and workers.
• To analyse how the temporary work sector is structured.
• To analyse the legal framework that regulates temporary employment and temporary worker provision companies.
It is also intended that students develop a set of other skills, such as: ability to work in groups; spirit of initiative; autonomy; responsibility; decision-making and critical reflection on the specific themes of the CU.
Teaching Methods

Teaching and learning methodologies presuppose theoretical-practical classes: Theoretical-practical classes – Presupposes an aspect of content exposure combined with the use of the participatory method with appreciation of the active participation of students in stimulating the pedagogical activities to be developed (solving and discussing exercises, solving and discussing practical cases, discussion and texts, carrying out and monitoring the stages of group work, individual or group oral presentations and simulations, among others). At this level, tutorial guidance will also be used in the research and processing of information necessary for the preparation of the work to be carried out by the students.
Internship(s)

Não
Syllabus

1. The issue/problem of Temporary Work
2. Temporary Work companies
3. The provision of Temporary Workers
4. The profile of Temporary Workers
5. Temporary Work and employability
Content Explanation

The objective of the CU is to provide students with relative knowledge that allows them to understand and intervene in the context of temporary work management, understand how the temporary work sector is structured, as well as discuss the role of this form of employment relationship in life of organizations and workers. The programmatic contents expressed are in line with the defined objectives, dealing with the issue regarding its framework and evolution (I), the analysis of temporary work companies (II), the analysis of assignment of temporary workers (III), profile analysis (IV) and employability of temporary workers (V). It is intended that students know how to interpret and apply legislation relating to the area in question, reflecting on these different vectors in a coherent and integrated way, in order to support a global understanding of the issue of temporary work.
Methodology Explanation

We are facing a new teaching model in which methodologies must be diversified, requiring more active participation on the part of students, as well as greater autonomy. It is in this sense that the teaching methodologies used in this CU follow the theoretical-practical model and tutorial orientation. Teaching-learning methodologies focus on the student. Through experimentation, it combines theory with practice and enables the development of research and problematization in the classroom, arousing student curiosity and interest. It transforms the student into a subject of learning, enabling them to develop specific skills and competencies. The activities are promoted in accordance with the objectives of the respective CU and its programmatic contents. Carrying out individual or group work, exercises, practical cases, simulations, or others, considers the development of a set of macro skills, such as the possibility of interacting with the surrounding environment, the ability to work in groups, the spirit of initiative, autonomy, responsibility, decision-making and a critical spirit and reflection on situations related to the specific themes of the CU.
Responsible Lecturer(s)

Maria de Fátima Ramalhinho Martins Fernandes - 1.º Semester
Bibliography

• Chambel, M. J. (2015). A Gestão de Recursos Humanos nos Trabalhadores Temporários de Agência. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 31(2), 269-278.
• Chambel, M. J. (2013). Trabalhadores Temporários de Agência em Portugal: motivos e experiências. Ed. de Autor.
• Ferreira, I. & Santos, M. (2013). Análise da utilização de trabalho temporário em empresas portuguesas: riscos e alternativas. International Journal on Working Conditions, 5, 18-38.
• Giunchi, M., Chambel, M. J. & Ghislieri, C. (2015). Contract moderation effects on temporary agency workers’ affective organizational commitment and perceptions of support. Personnel Review, vol. 44, nº 1, pp. 22-38.
• Grilo, I. (2015). O perfil profissional do trabalhador temporário. Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão Estratégica de Recursos Humanos. ESCE/IPS.
• Marques, I. (2011). Formas Flexíveis de Emprego: O Perfil do Trabalhador Temporário. Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão Estratégica de Recursos Humanos. ESCE/IPS.