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Why Firms Outsource Their Human Resources Activities: An Empirical Analysis

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  • Michelle Lacombe
  • Paul Lanoie
  • Michel Patry
  • Michel Tremblay

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In this paper, we develop and estimate an explanatory model of Human Resources Outsourcing. Six HR activities are analyzed: Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Training, Labor Relations, and Human Resources Information Systems. The determinants of outsourcing are drawn from two fields: the field of organizational analysis and strategy formulation, and that from transaction-cost theory. Our results indicate that the drivers of HRO are rather specific to each type of activity. The transaction-cost determinants appear to play a particularly important role in the HRO decisions. In particular, the prior experience of the organization with outsourcing of other functions, the uncertainty of the transaction, and the presence of a union have a commanding influence. Ce mémoire développe et estime un modèle causal de l'impartition des ressources humaines. Six grandes activités ressources humaines sont analysées: la paie, les avantages sociaux, la dotation, la formation, les relations de travail et les systèmes d'information de ressources humaines. Les déterminants de l'impartition proviennent de deux littératures scientifiques : celle de la théorie des organisations et de la formulation de la stratégie d'une part, et celle de la théorie économique des coûts de transaction d'autre part. Nos résultats montrent que les déterminants de l'impartition varient d'activité à activité. Les déterminants suggérés par l'approche des coûts de transaction semblent jouer un rôle particulièrement important. L'expérience qu'ont les organisations avec l'impatition de d'autres fonctions, l'incertitude de la transaction et la présence d'un syndicat ont une influence prépondérante sur la décision d'impartir les activités ressources humaines.

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  • Michelle Lacombe & Paul Lanoie & Michel Patry & Michel Tremblay, 1999. "Why Firms Outsource Their Human Resources Activities: An Empirical Analysis," CIRANO Working Papers 99s-27, CIRANO.
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    1. Ngo Van Long & Antoine Soubeyran, 1999. "Input Price Discrimination, Access Pricing, and Bypass," CIRANO Working Papers 99s-23, CIRANO.
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