TY - CHAP AB - Traditionally, hiring indefinite duration contract employees has been the dominant method used by U.S. organizations to staff their labor needs. Indefinite duration contract employees, hereafter referred to as “regular” employees, have three defining characteristics: (1) they are hired directly as employees of the organization whose work they perform; (2) the duration of the employment relationship is unspecified, with a mutual expectation that it will continue as long as it is mutually satisfactory; and (3) the employment relationship provides ongoing – as opposed to intermittent – work. When their demand for labor increases, organizations staffed exclusively by regular employees can respond by having their employees work overtime or by hiring additional regular employees. Conversely, when their demand for labor decreases, such organizations can either maintain “inventories” of excess regular employees or reduce labor inputs by laying-off or reducing the work hours of regular employees. VL - 13 SN - 978-1-84950-305-1, 978-0-76231-152-1/0742-6186 DO - 10.1016/S0742-6186(04)13002-3 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-6186(04)13002-3 AU - Gramm Cynthia L. AU - Schnell John F. PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - THE EFFECTS OF USING ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF STAFFING ARRANGEMENTS T2 - Advances in Industrial & Labor Relations T3 - Advances in Industrial & Labor Relations PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 27 EP - 68 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -