@article{Elmuti_Grunewald_Abebe_2010, place={Huntsville, Texas}, title={Consequences of Outsourcing Strategies On Employee Quality of Work Life, Attitudes, and Performance}, volume={27}, url={https://jbs-ojs-shsu.tdl.org/jbs/article/view/108}, DOI={10.54155/jbs.27.2.177-203}, abstractNote={<p>Outsourcing is the strategic use of outside resources to perform activities<br>that are usually handled by internal staff and resources. The consequences of implementing<br>outsourcing strategies in an industrial setting were studied using a field<br>study. This study was designed to explore both the financial as well as the human<br>aspects of outsourcing activities. The attitudinal results of this research indicated<br>that the outsourcing strategies had a negative impact on the perceived quality of<br>work-life dimensions. The performance results presented here provide, at best, circumspect<br>support for the claims of outsourcing proponents that the technique improves<br>participants’ performance and productivity. Although outsourcing can lead<br>to certain gains for the organization, there are definitely human costs to be taken<br>into account, and they should be considered as major factors contributing to the<br>outsourcing debate, not just the financial aspects of organizations’ decisions.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Business Strategies}, author={Elmuti, Dean and Grunewald, Julian and Abebe, Dereje}, year={2010}, month={Oct.}, pages={177–203} }