Contractor performance: How good are contingent workers at the professional level?

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-19

  Jarmon, Randall ^a,b   Paulson, Albert S ^b,c   Rebne, Douglas ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Socioeconomic Education Foundation of New York

Author keywords

Contingent labor; Contingent worker; Contractor; Flexible firm; Flexible staffing; Independent contractor; Job shopper; Temporary help

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CONTINGENT LABOR; FLEXIBLE STAFFING;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 0031996784     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.658657     Document Type: Article

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