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| Author: | Marlow, S. Taylor, S. Thompson, A. |
| Title: | Informality and formality in medium-sized companies: contestation and synchronization |
| Journal: | British Journal of Management
2010 : DEC, VOL. 21:4 p. 954-966 |
| Index terms: | small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) small business employment employees supervision decision making |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article examines the relationship between formality and informality through an analysis of managerial approaches to employment relations practice in six growing, medium-sized organizations. Employing recent conceptual work on informality and formality, it is argued that the use of the terms in previous analyses tends to deny the co-dependency of both the concepts and managerial approaches to the employment relationship. It is proposed that debate in this area can be reframed through handling of informality and formality as a dualism rather than a dichotomy, and question the notion that small companies move from informality to formality. |
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