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Contracting and Careers: Determinants of Decision to Work as Independent Contractors among Information Technology Workers |
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We use career theories to examine when workers take jobs as highly skilled independent contractors. We argue that regular employment provides greater job security and opportunities for skills development, but involves more bureaucratic policies. These characteristics determine workers’ opportunities in contracting and regular employment, and inform their preferences for contracting. Using career histories from 1068 graduates of IT degree programs, we find that contracting is done by workers with high skills, uncertain abilities, and, among men, those without family responsibilities. We also find that workers who enter contracting early in their careers remain in contracting for shorter periods. |
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Name: American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
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| Bidwell, Matthew. and Briscoe, Forrest. "Contracting and Careers: Determinants of Decision to Work as Independent Contractors among Information Technology Workers" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p239825_index.html> |
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| Bidwell, M. J. and Briscoe, F. S. , 2008-07-31 "Contracting and Careers: Determinants of Decision to Work as Independent Contractors among Information Technology Workers" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p239825_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: We use career theories to examine when workers take jobs as highly skilled independent contractors. We argue that regular employment provides greater job security and opportunities for skills development, but involves more bureaucratic policies. These characteristics determine workers’ opportunities in contracting and regular employment, and inform their preferences for contracting. Using career histories from 1068 graduates of IT degree programs, we find that contracting is done by workers with high skills, uncertain abilities, and, among men, those without family responsibilities. We also find that workers who enter contracting early in their careers remain in contracting for shorter periods. |
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| CONTRACTING AND CAREERS: DETERMINANTS OF DECISION TO WORK AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AMONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKERS The recent growth in independent contracting and other forms of contingent work represents an important challenge to our theories of the employment relationship as well as to workforce policy. The post-war model of employment emphasized stable well-defined relationships between employers and workers around which career progression would take place collective bargaining could be organized and benefits administered. The past three decades have seen the |
| (0.38) Married female child 0.38 0.06 -0.17 -0.38 (0.27) (0.45) (0.51) (0.44) Observations 166 73 65 69 Failure events 148 60 53 55 Prob LR > Chi2 0.000 0.002 0.02 0.03 * p< .05; ** p < .01; Standard errors in parentheses a Includes first job spells b No job spells after first spell include contractors with PhDs FIGURE 1: Kaplan-Meier Survival Plot for Time in Contracting (spells<2000 days) 20 |
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