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Institutional Structures of the Flexible Assignment of Personnel between Enterprises. An Economic Comparison of Temporary Agency Work, Interim Management and Consulting

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  • Dorothea Alewell

    (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

  • Katrin B„hring

    (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

  • Kirsten Thommes

    (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

Abstract

Temporary Agency Work, Interim Management and Consulting are three versions of the flexible assignment of personnel between enterprises, which are ? with regard to their basic economic structure - more or less similar, but which are organised under thoroughly different contractual and legal regulations in Germany and in three more or less differentiated segments of the market. The paper aims at comparing these forms of flexible personnel assignment under empirical and institutional aspects from an economic perspective.

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  • Dorothea Alewell & Katrin B„hring & Kirsten Thommes, 2005. "Institutional Structures of the Flexible Assignment of Personnel between Enterprises. An Economic Comparison of Temporary Agency Work, Interim Management and Consulting," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 16(4), pages 475-493.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:mamere:1861-9908_mrev_2005_04_alewell
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    Keywords

    Interim Management; Consulting; Temporary Agency Work; Flexible Assignment of Personnel between Enterprises; Institutional Comparison; Economic Analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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