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Employment relations, cost minimisation and inter‐organisational contracting
Author(s) -
Vincent Steve,
Grugulis Irena
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2008.00512.x
Subject(s) - minimisation (clinical trials) , business , industrial relations , microeconomics , economics , industrial organization , operations management , management , mathematics , statistics
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.