The blended workforce: alternative federal models.

The term blended workforce describes a group of employees within the same organization who are in a variety of work arrangements--part-time, temporary, seasonal, and contract, as well as full-time, full-year, and permanent. The use of such arrangements has been expanding in some sectors as a result...

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Publicado en:Public Personnel Management Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 363 - 381
Autores principales: Thompson JR, Mastracci SH
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Fall2008
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Sumario:The term blended workforce describes a group of employees within the same organization who are in a variety of work arrangements--part-time, temporary, seasonal, and contract, as well as full-time, full-year, and permanent. The use of such arrangements has been expanding in some sectors as a result of managers' interests in improving cost-effectiveness and in accommodating employees' demands. In this article, the operational advantages of having employees with mix of work arrangements are identified and alternative models of how blended workforces are being created in U.S. federal government agencies is examined.