抄録
The aim of this paper is to investigate the youth labor process of temporary jobs and to explain factors to prevent a transition from temporary jobs-“freeter” to permanent jobs- “seisyain” in the case of “Movers” in Yokohama city. In particular, this investigation is focused on a social norm, a manner of action and a peer group. Young men in temporary jobs have a manner of action in connection to a social norm and a status of temporary jobs and have a peer group in a labor process. Temporary jobs are located in a differential status from permanent jobs. And young men in temporary jobs are understood as a deviance from a social norm. Accordingly their experiences in temporary jobs and against a social norm bring them a manner of action in a labor process. In this case, that is a differentiation against old men and inexperience men in same temporary job, and is a opposition to regulations in an office and men in a permanent employment-“seisyain”. And through their unique actions they become absorbed in jobs more and more. But, when they have an intention to get permanent jobs-“seisyain” by reason of an unstable employment, they can't get it smoothly. A manner of action and a peer group prevent them from getting it. For them this is an unexpected result. In this case, factors to prevent a transition from temporary jobs-“freeter”are brought by not only changes of labor markets or a lack of vocational trainings but also a manner of action and a peer group which is an adaptation to temporary jobs.
