En inkluderad outsider? : En kvalitativ studie om ekonomikonsulters upplevelser av inkludering och exkludering vid arbete hos kundföretag

Sammanfattning: Today's labor market is characterized by flexibility, companies address this by employing temporary employee consultants. As a result, precarious employment has increased. Previous research indicates job satisfaction to be lower among consultants, since temporary employee consultants tend to be viewed as uncertain. Previous research also indicates the importance for consultants to feel organizational affiliation with the client company they work on. The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how financial consultants perceive their work situation and which factors they consider important to achieve job satisfaction. In addition, our study intends to study differences between being a temporary employee consultant and other employees at client companies. Empirical data has been collected through semi-structured interviews with financial consultants. The results have been analysed based on figuration theory and two-factor theory. The results of the study highlights the consultants perceivement of job security, working conditions and development opportunities as inadequate. Further, the results show the consultants face several challenges in their work situations. This can be understood as a result of the unequal power relationship that exists between the consultant and the managers and staff of the client company. These power relations can thus contribute to the creation of prejudices about financial consultants and affect the financial consultants' experience of exclusion at client companies. The results also highlight the consultants' perception of their work situation as based on the type of assignment and client company at which the consultant works.