ABSTRACT
A total of 43 companies returned at least one survey. Of these, 38 returned at least one useable response. These organizations were located in twenty-four different states. One state contained six organizations, two states had four organizations, three states contained two organizations, and eighteen states had one organization each. Sets of regression equations were developed for the following dependent variables: extent of overall temporary employee usage, extent of job category temporary employee usage, and organizational performance. The incremental amount of variance explained by relevant independent variables over that explained by variables entered earlier in the regressions indicate whether the hypotheses were supported. Preliminary regression equations were run with control variables included. Controls included organization size, industry, and location. The moderating effect of production strategy on the temporary usage-performance relationship was as hypothesized when the subjective performance index was the dependent variable.
