Hakim, Catherine (1988) Self-employment in Britain: recent trends and current issues. Work, Employment and Society, 2 (4). pp. 421-450. ISSN 0950-0170
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This paper reviews trends in self-employment up to the 1980s and beyond, and looks at the composition and characteristics of the self-employed workforce. It examines the causes of the current rise in self-employment - in particular employers' strategy of transferring jobs and functions from their `core' workforce of full-time permanent employees to a `peripheral' workforce which includes self-employed labour-only subcontractors as well as part-time workers and people with limited duration contracts of employment. It looks at the recent inflow to self-employment - in particular the importance of involuntary entrants. It examines the ideology of self-employment, and whether it differs substantively from the work orientations of employees. Problems of definition and measurement are summarised. The review concludes with pointers for further research - both qualitative and quantitative.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://wes.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 1988 The British Sociological Association |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2009 08:45 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 20:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/25077 |
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