Collaborative Research: Interorganizational Networks and the Changing Employment Contract

这是一项关于工作机构如何与其他组织建立联系以招聘和培训工人的研究。 使用全国性的工作机构样本，按规模分层，在一个两波面板，问题将被问及这些公司如何依赖外部组织的劳动合同和职业培训。 测试的假设涉及稳定的组织环境，紧张的劳动力市场，工会的作用，以及劳动合同和职业培训的共同做法的制度化的影响。 依靠网络的角度来确定如何与招聘和承包组织的联系塑造个人企业的决策，这项研究作出了理论贡献，它除了两个流行的观点。 第一种假设是，劳动力成本完全是企业外部的，因此取决于市场关系。 另一种观点则相反，认为劳动力成本完全是内部的，因此只受等级关系的影响。 相反，这些研究人员将组织间网络视为企业内部变革的基础。 %%% 这项研究涉及的基本问题是，当雇主与外部组织建立联系以招聘和培训工人时，人力资本的形成可能会发生什么变化。 它将展示雇主与其劳动力招聘和培训来源之间的网络关系的特征如何影响雇佣公司及其工人的机会。 研究结果将有重大影响，了解成本和质量是如何影响这些招聘和培训的做法。

This is a study of how work establishments form ties with other organizations in order to recruit and train workers. Using a national sample of work establishments, stratified by size, in a two-wave panel, questions will be asked about how those firms rely on outside organizations for labor contracting and job training. Hypotheses tested deal with the effects of stable organizational environments, tight labor markets, the role of labor unions, and the institutionalization of common practices in labor contracting and job training. By relying on a network perspective to determine how links with recruiting and contracting organizations shape individual firm decisions, this research makes a theoretical contribution that sets it apart from two prevailing views. In one, there is the assumption that labor costs are entirely external to the firm, and thus dependent on market relations. In the other, there is the contrary assumption that labor costs are entirely internal and therefore subject only to hierarchical relations. Instead, these researchers look at interorganizational networks as the basis of change within firms. %%% This research addresses fundamental questions about how changes in the formation of human capital may be taking place when employers establish ties with outside organizations for the recruitment and training of workers. It will demonstrate how the characteristics of network relations between employers and their sources of labor recruitment and training affect the the employing firms and the opportunities available to their workers. Research findings will have major implications for understanding how cost and quality are affected by these recruitment and training practices.