Employment relations, cost minimisation and inter-organisational contracting
Vincent, Steve ; Grugulis, Irena
2008
40
1
January
40-59
labour relations ; labour cost ; unskilled worker ; work organization
Labour relations
English
Bibliogr.
"This article explores and theorises the employment relations consequences of cost minimisation in the management of inter-organisational contracts for less-skilled work. Case-study data reveal that cost minimisation creates and exacerbates employment relations problems, with the 'success' of particular tactics dependent on the relative tractability of broader economic conditions and social relationships."
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