Information Technology and Employment Law: Challenges in an Evolving Workplace.

Part of a special section on human resources and information technology. The writers argue that the increasing decentralization of large organizations, dependence on outsourced services and strategic partnerships, and utilization of alternative employment relationships with individual employees are...

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Published in:Journal of Labor Research Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 425 - 436
Main Authors: Townsend, Anthony M., Bennett, James T.
Format: Article
Published: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. Summer 2003
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