Fragmenting Work Blurring Organizational Boundaries and Disordering Hierarchies |
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| Editor:
| Marchington, Mick
Grimshaw, Damian
Rubery, Jill
Willmott, Hugh |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-926224-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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This major new book examines the way in which employment is managed across organizational boundaries. It analyses how public-private partnerships, franchises, agencies, and other forms of inter-firm contractual relations impact on work and employment and the experiences of those working in these increasingly significant forms of organization. The book draws on a large and extensive body of research to show how various aspects of employment - pay, security,commitment, training, career...
More DescriptionThis major new book examines the way in which employment is managed across organizational boundaries. It analyses how public-private partnerships, franchises, agencies, and other forms of inter-firm contractual relations impact on work and employment and the experiences of those working in these increasingly significant forms of organization. The book draws on a large and extensive body of research to show how various aspects of employment - pay, security,commitment, training, career development, gender, and worker voice - may vary under the influence of changing organizational forms and be shaped by clients and suppliers. It concludes by putting forward anumber of areas in which policy might be re-examined.