From Pyramids to Diamonds

Legal Process Offshoring, Employment Systems, and Labor Markets for Lawyers in the United States and India

Bibliographic Data

ID3212964
AuthorsSarosh Kuruvilla (0000-0003-0412-8549, corresponding author), Ernesto Noronha (0000-0002-9820-3011, Sarosh Kuruvilla is a Professor at Cornell University. Ernesto Noronha is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management.)
Year2016
Volume69
Issue2
Pages354-377
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0019793915619903
OpenAlexW2265053063
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited29

In this article, the authors argue that offshoring of legal work from the United States has contributed to the fracturing of the long-established internal labor market arrangements in large U.S. law firms. Drawing on evidence from the United States and India on legal employment, the growth of offshoring, and the rapidly changing nature of work that is offshored, the authors contend that the changes in employment systems in law firms are likely to be permanent, in contrast to other researchers who suggest they are temporary adjustments to the financial crisis. As U.S. law firms are dismantling their internal labor market systems, Indian law firms are partially recreating them

Business · Economics · Labour economics · Labour law · Market economy · Offshoring · Outsourcing · Work (physics) · Engineering · Franchising Strategies and Performance · Management and Organizational Studies · Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation