From Pyramids to Diamonds

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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3212964
AutoresSarosh Kuruvilla (0000-0003-0412-8549, autor de correspondencia), 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.)
Año2016
Volumen69
Número2
Páginas354-377
Fecha de publicación2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0019793915619903
OpenAlexW2265053063
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas29

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