Case Study: Labor Market Intermediaries In California's Silicon Valley

Topics:
Labor Contracts
Tags:
Human Resources,
Labor Relations,
Silicon Valley,
University Of California
Source:
University of California, Davis

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Overview: Research on Silicon Valley suggests that Labor Market Intermediaries (LMIs) organizations that acts as a third party brokering relationships between job seekers and employers are key to the way corporations work in the new economy. Corporations are increasingly outsourcing their human resource needs and relying on contingent workers. Some researchers have seen LMIs as key to the new flexible workplace and therefore contributing to regional economic advantages and corporate success. The article includes the case study of the firm and the labor contracts.

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Format: PDF | Size: 25KB | Date: Apr 2001 | Pages: 9


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