Search Results - subject:"Contingent Workers"

A survey of absenteeism on construction sites

Srour, F. Jordan; Srour, Issam; Lattouf, M. Ghayth - In: International Journal of Manpower 38 (2017) 4, pp. 533-547

Purpose The construction industry is dynamic and often unregulated due to its complex, project-based nature. This makes the task of implementing human resource management (HRM) functions more difficult than in other economic sectors. This is particularly the case for developing countries which...

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Casual employment and long-term wage outcomes

Mooi-Reci, Irma; Wooden, Mark - In: Human relations 70 (2017) 9, pp. 1064-1090

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A survey of absenteeism on construction sites

Srour, F. Jordan; Srour, Issam; Lattouf, M. Ghayth - In: International journal of manpower 38 (2017) 4, pp. 533-547

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When too many are not enough : human resource slack and performance at the Dutch East India Company (1700-1795)

Sgourev, Stoyan V.; Lent, Wim van - In: Human relations 70 (2017) 11, pp. 1293-1315

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Budget Allocation for Permanent and Contingent Capacity under Stochastic Demand.

Mincsovics, Gergely; Jeunet, Jully; Dellaert, Nico - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2011

We develop a model of budget allocation for permanent and contingent workforce under stochastic demand. The level of permanent capacity is determined at the beginning of the horizon and is kept constant throughout, whereas the number of temporary workers to be hired must be decided in each...

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Why Has the Fraction of Contingent Workers Increased? A Case Study of Japan

Asano, Hirokatsu; Ito, Takahiro; Kawaguchi, Daiji - Graduate School for International Development and … - 2011

This paper explains the secular increase of contingent workers in Japan whose share of employment increased from 17 to … increase of contingent workers. The uncertainty of product demand and the introduction of information and communication … technologies increased firms' usage of contingent workers. The increase of contingent workers was concentrated among new entrants …

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Budget Allocation for Permanent and Contingent Capacity under Stochastic Demand

Mincsovics, Gergely; Jeunet, Jully; Dellaert, Nico - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

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Organizational socialization tactics and newcomer information seeking in the contingent workforce

Benzinger, Diana - In: Personnel Review 45 (2016) 4, pp. 743-763

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare newcomers’ perceptions on how employers structure the socialization process in the core and peripheral workforce and to explore the proactivity of these new hires in form of information seeking behavior. Design/methodology/approach – The...

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Organizational socialization tactics and newcomer information seeking in the contingent workforce

Benzinger, Diana - In: Personnel review : a professional journal reporting new … 45 (2016) 4, pp. 743-763

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517352

Cross-national variations in the scale of informal employment : An exploratory analysis of 41 less developed economies

Williams, Colin C - In: International Journal of Manpower 36 (2015) 2, pp. 118-135

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate critically the competing explanations for the cross-national variations in the scale of informal employment which variously correlate higher levels of informal employment with economic under-development (“modernization” theory),...

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