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The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self (2022)
Journal Article
Tarrabain, C., & Thomas, R. (in press). The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self. Work, Employment and Society, 38(1), 27-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170221100934

This article explores migrant workers’ experiences of organisational control while undertaking temporary agency work. This study is based on a ‘covert’ ethnographic study set at a temporary employment agency that short-term contracts workers to the c... Read More about The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self.

Gamifying the virtual learning environment: A case study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, R., & Tarrabain, C. (2022, May). Gamifying the virtual learning environment: A case study. Presented at LTSE (Learning Teaching Student Experience), 2022, Belfast

This presentation aims to contribute to deeper understandings of how gamification has been practically used on a first-year undergraduate module to encourage student engagement and participation beyond asynchronous sessions. Online innovations have b... Read More about Gamifying the virtual learning environment: A case study.

Deception as a moral project: Covert research and the construction of the ethical-self (2022)
Book Chapter
Tarrabain, C. (2022). Deception as a moral project: Covert research and the construction of the ethical-self. In J. Pandeli, N. Sutherland, & H. Gaggiotti (Eds.), Organisational Ethnography: An Experiential and Practical Guide (115-126). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In this chapter, the author explores the ethical continuum through a reflection on her own “identity work” during her fieldwork, considering how the ethics of doing covert research are always complex, situated and political. She considers how the pow... Read More about Deception as a moral project: Covert research and the construction of the ethical-self.

Crafting identities in insecure employment: An ethnographic exploration of the experiences of temporary agency workers (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Tarrabain, C. (2016, September). Crafting identities in insecure employment: An ethnographic exploration of the experiences of temporary agency workers. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2016, Newcastle University, England

This paper explores the experiences of uncertainty and insecurity that migrant agency workers in relation to their work and socio-cultural context taking a specific interest in how these experiences are informed by and inform their self-understanding... Read More about Crafting identities in insecure employment: An ethnographic exploration of the experiences of temporary agency workers.

Crafting the margins: Promoting dis-identification in temporary agency work
Presentation / Conference
Tarrabain, C. Crafting the margins: Promoting dis-identification in temporary agency work

Contemporary work has seen the proliferation of temporary forms of employment where short-termism and indeterminacy of labour is valued over long-term organisational commitment. The rise of flexibility has brought about new questions which challenge... Read More about Crafting the margins: Promoting dis-identification in temporary agency work.

Identities in the margins: An ethnographic study of migrant agency workers
Thesis
Tarrabain, C. Identities in the margins: An ethnographic study of migrant agency workers. (Thesis). Cardiff University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/844743

Migrant workers have long constituted a fundamental part of the hospitality sector in the UK. Taking up jobs such as housekeeping, kitchen portering and plate waiting, these workers have formed an essential yet undervalued role in the service economy... Read More about Identities in the margins: An ethnographic study of migrant agency workers.