Contingent Work and Its Contradictions: Towards a Moral Economy Framework
This article proposes the lens of moral economy as a useful ethical framework through which to assess HRM practice, with a particular focus on the strategic use of contingent work (‘non-standard’ employment practices including temporary, agency and outsourced work). While contingent work practices h...
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2012
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 111, Issue: 1, Pages: 121-132 |
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Ethics
B HRM B Employment B moral economy B Human Flourishing B Contingent work |
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