A firm's external environment and the hiring of a non-standard workforce: implications for organisations

Authors: Ghosh, Dipankar; Willinger, G. Lee¹; Ghosh, Sucharita²

Source: Human Resource Management Journal, Volume 19, Number 4, November 2009 , pp. 433-453(21)

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Abstract:

This article empirically investigates organisations' strategic decision to hire non-standard employees. Using US firm-level data and a matched pair design, the study shows that firms operating in a more competitive environment and a less uncertain environment have a higher proportion of non-standard workers. Further, firms with a greater proportion of non-standard workers show higher financial growth. And finally, in a highly competitive environment, those firms that hire more non-standard workers achieve significantly higher financial growth. Similar growth is experienced by those firms in the low uncertainty environment hiring more non-standard workers. These results are all consistent with the research hypotheses.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2009.00109.x

Affiliations: 1: Michael F. Price College of Business Administration, University of Oklahoma 2: Department of Economics, University of Akron

Publication date: 2009-11-01