Contingent work constitutes one of the most controversial labor issues. In this era of
corporate downsizing and a general sense of job insecurity, the notion that American …

Part-time employment arrangements constitute a rapidly growing segment of the US labor
force. Such employment arrangements offer advantages to both employers and employees …

The US economy is undergoing a major change in the way labor is used and people are
employed. Individuals are now less likely to stay with one company for the duration of their …

The US economy appears to be headed in a variety of contradictory directions. While
managers of major corporations create familyresponsive policies on the one hand, those …

In February 1999, 5.6 million workers held contingent jobs, that is, jobs that are structured to
be short term or temporary. The contingency rate—the proportion of total employment …

More and more employers rely on part-time employees, independent contractors," temps"
and others to solve their staffing needs. Despite their advantages, nontraditional work …

Millions of workers do not have standard work arrangements—permanent jobs with a
traditional employer-employee relationship. Rather, they are in temporary, contract, or other …

In the 1980's, the American economy pro-duced the longest peacetime expansion of the
post-World War II era. During this expansion, employment increased by about 20 million and …

Existing research tends to depict contingent work either as having similar implications for
firms and workers in all settings or as varying in its implications depending only on …

The proliferation of contingent employment arrangements, in which workers" do not have an
implicit or explicit contract for ongoing employment," 1 in the past decade is well …