Essays about: "outsourcing workers"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words outsourcing workers.

  1. 6. Workers in the gig economy: employees or self-employed? - A comparative study on the concept of employment in the “gig economy”, focusing on Sweden and the United Kingdom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Anna Joelsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Sharing economy; crowdsourcing; Gig economy; concept of employment; employee; self-employed; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att ge en överblick över det nya, men snabbt växande, konceptet crowdsourcing. Konceptet kan enkelt beskrivas som en åtgärd att ta en uppgift som vanligtvis utförs av en utsedd arbetspresterande part (vanligtvis en anställd) och outsourca denna till en odefinerad, anonym och generellt stort grupp av människor i form av en ”öppen inbjudan”. READ MORE

  3. 7. Procuring and Outsourcing IT contingent talent workers in the digital era: A Work System Lens : Information Technology Outsourcing

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Saad Saad; [2016]
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    Abstract : Digital age is a challenging period for multinational companies resulting in a greater need for flexible organisational activities creating a huge demand for IT contingent talent workers. The purpose of this study is to examine the challenges associated with this growing phenomenon. READ MORE

  4. 8. Young Swedish adults' attitudes towards offshoring

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för företagsekonomi

    Author : Abdikadar Aden; Stefan Türtscher; [2015]
    Keywords : Offshoring; offshore outsourcing; attitudes towards offshoring; Swedish young adults; factors affecting offshoring; offshoring attitudes formation;

    Abstract : Offshoring, meaning the movement of business operations to foreign countries, has recently grown. It provides the company with opportunities which are not available domestically, but it also bears risks. READ MORE

  5. 9. Forced Labor and the Migration Industry: Outsourcing Agencies and Migrant Workers in Malaysia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Emanuelle Brandström; [2014-03-03]
    Keywords : forced labor; slavery; migration; Malaysia; migration industry; agency;

    Abstract : Over the past decades migration has increased rapidly and during the same period migration has become an increasingly politicized and securitized issue. In the intersection between politically motivated barriers to migration in receiving countries and the continued demand for migration (both on the demand and the supply side) new opportunities have arisen for a migration industry – facilitating and controlling migration flows. READ MORE

  6. 10. Corporate Codes of Conduct as a Local Union Strategy: The case of Indonesia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Josephine Gustafsson; Kristian Holmberg; [2010-11-25]
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    Abstract : Today the role of companies as societal actors is subject to a vivid debate due to the ecological degradation and unethical working practices that has resulted from an increased outsourcing of production to developing countries. A commonly used method to increase the sustainability of production is by adopting codes of conduct but implementing these sustainability policies is a complex issue in developing countries partly due to the top-down design of the codes. READ MORE