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Over the last several decades, employers have increasingly replaced permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. Although commentators have focused largely on low-wage temporary work, the use of skilled contractors has also grown...

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Hauptverfasser: Barley, Stephen R. (VerfasserIn), Kunda, Gideon, 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
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Zusammenfassung:Over the last several decades, employers have increasingly replaced permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. Although commentators have focused largely on low-wage temporary work, the use of skilled contractors has also grown exponentially, especially in high-technology areas. Yet almost nothing is known about contracting or about the people who do it. This book seeks to break the silence.
Beschreibung:Second printing and first paperback printing, 2006.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 342 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-332) and index.
ISBN:9781400841271
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