The past decades have witnessed an upsurge in governments' use of contracting out as a
means of reforming and privatizing public service delivery. This development has to a large …

A terceirização acarreta diversas modificações nas atividades e contextos de trabalho, e
impacta, também, a saúde do trabalhador. No entanto, a revisão da literatura aponta que as …

Background Job flexibilisation has increased interest in job insecurity and its consequences.
Job insecurity, understood as a fear of losing employment, is linked to a deterioration of …

Previous studies reveal that outsourcing practices generally have negative consequences
for employee job satisfaction. As employee job satisfaction is a precursor of employee …

To cut costs and maximize profits, hospitals in the United States and many other countries
are outsourcing such tasks as cleaning and food preparation to private contractors. In …

Government outsourcing to third-party vendors is widespread and intended to strengthen the
organizational incentive to deliver public services more efficiently. However, it is unclear …

Integrating theoretical perspectives is very useful when we investigate an empirical
phenomenon, and this article demonstrates how employee motivation can be understood …

The provincial health services labor market was fundamentally altered in 2002 with the
introduction of a series of legislative and policy changes enabling the contracting-out, or …

Policymakers in many countries have employed market approaches to supplement
traditional civil service systems, and using contract employees is a form of this labor …

British Columbia, Canada, has experienced a notable shift in the privatization of long-term
residential care (LTRC) ownership and care delivery over a short time period. In this chapter …