Outsourcing the procurement of agency workers: The impact of vendor managed services in English social care

Kim Hoque; Ian Kirkpatrick; Chris Lonsdale; Alex de Ruyter

doi:10.1177/0950017011407971

Outsourcing the procurement of agency workers: The impact of vendor managed services in English social care

Kim Hoque^*
, Ian Kirkpatrick
, Chris Lonsdale
, Alex de Ruyter

^*Corresponding author for this work

Birkbeck University of London
University of Leeds
University of Birmingham
Canterbury Christ Church University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	522-539
Number of pages	18
Journal	Work, Employment and Society
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017011407971
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Sept 2011

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We would like to thank the Economic and Social Research Council for funding the research undertaken on the three case studies reported in this article [grant number RES-000-22-2000].

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agency workers
neutral vendors
social care
vendor managed services

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