Productivity growth, efficiency and outsourcing in manufacturing and service industries

A Heshmati - Journal of economic surveys, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is a survey of recent contributions to, and developments of, the relationship
between outsourcing, efficiency and productivity growth in manufacturing and services. The …

Outsourcing at will: The contribution of unjust dismissal doctrine to the growth of employment outsourcing

DH Autor - Journal of labor economics, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
Over the past 3 decades, the US Temporary Help Services (THS) industry grew five times
more rapidly than overall employment. Contemporaneously, courts in 46 states adopted …

Stepping stones for the unemployed: the effect of temporary jobs on the duration until (regular) work

M de Graaf-Zijl, GJ Van den Berg, A Heyma - Journal of population …, 2011 - Springer
Transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition
from temporary into regular work. This paper investigates whether temporary work increases …

Antecedents to temporary employee's turnover intention

JP Slattery… - Journal of Leadership & …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
In an exploratory study using temporary workers, a model based on social exchange and
social identity theories was developed and tested. Results revealed that, for both the …

Outsourcing and technological change

AP Bartel, S Lach, N Sicherman - 2005 - nber.org
In this paper we argue that an important source of the recent increase in outsourcing is the
computer and information technology revolution, characterized by increased rates of …

Outsourcing, offshoring and productivity measurement in United States manufacturing

S Houseman - International Labour Review, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Productivity growth in a sector or economy is the economic basis for improvements in
workers' wages. Recent growth of domestic and foreign outsourcing in developed …

[图书][B] The good temp

V Smith, EB Neuwirth - 2008 - degruyter.com
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[图书][B] Percepción y satisfacción laboral como precursores de rotación de personal

P Tamayo Contreras - 2016 - digibug.ugr.es
Este estudio sirve como apoyo para la detección temprana de las causas de la intención de
abandonar el trabajo que resulta en la rotación de personal, ayudará a las organizaciones a …

Manufacturers' outsourcing to staffing services

M Dey, SN Houseman, AE Polivka - ILR Review, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors estimate the effects of US manufacturers' use of staffing services on measured
employment and labor productivity between 1989 and 2009. Using time series data …

[PDF][PDF] What do we know about contracting out in the United States? Evidence from household and establishment surveys

M Dey, S Houseman, A Polivka - Labor in the new economy, 2010 - nber.org
Companies choose the degree of vertical integration in the production of goods and
services. In other words, they must decide what tasks to perform with in-house employees …