Employment versus sub-contracting
Subtitle: the real trade-offs
By: Amar Bhide, Howard H. Stevenson
Contributors: Stevenson, Howard H.; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 88-046; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 88-046
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Description: By many accounts, sub-contracting is in vogue while traditional employment relationships are diminishing. The growth of sub-contracting, we will argue in this article, cannot be easily reconciled with traditional "control" theories of employment (which have other weaknesses as well).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.