Toward an understanding of the variety in work arrangements: The organization and labor relationships framework

Alternative work arrangements are on the rise. Organizations in retail sales, entertainment and financial services hire lessees, requiring them to pay a fee to use equipment, materials, and space. Organizations are now "renting' senior executives and even CEOs. Perhaps most commonly, organ...

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Published in:Journal of organizational behavior 1996-01, Vol.3, p.99
Main Author: Sherer, Peter D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agency theory
Employees
Employment
Labor market
Organization theory
Organizational behavior
Teams
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Summary:Alternative work arrangements are on the rise. Organizations in retail sales, entertainment and financial services hire lessees, requiring them to pay a fee to use equipment, materials, and space. Organizations are now "renting' senior executives and even CEOs. Perhaps most commonly, organizations are using teams with self-management. The ascendance of these and other alternative arrangements suggest that the time is ripe to move toward a greater understanding of the variety in work arrangements. The internal labor market framework has been the foundation for much of the study on the variety in work arrangements. This framework cannot no longer be relied upon. Studying the variety in work arrangements calls for a broader perspective, one that addresses non-standard variants of employment and non-employment relationships involving labor in organizations. A framework on organization and labor relationships (OLR) is presented. With this framework, it is shown that underlying the variety of work arrangements are 3 distinct forms of agency, embodied in 3 organizations and labor relationships.
ISSN:0894-3796
1099-1379