What Drives Employment Relationships in Taxicab Organizations? Linking Agency to Firm Capabilities and Strategic Opportunities

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-48

  Sherer, Peter D ^a   Rogovsky, Nikolai ^b   Wright, Norman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency Theory; Employment Relationships; Firm Capabilities; Resource Based Approach to Strategy; Strategic Human Resource Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032346733     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.1.34     Document Type: Article

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