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Chameleons at large: Entrepreneurs, employees and firms – the changing context of employment relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2016

Michael T Wynn
Michael T Wynn*
Affiliation:
Kingston Law School, Kingston University, Kingston Hill, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, UK
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Corresponding author: m.wynn@kingston.ac.uk
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Abstract

Current labour markets are witnessing a proliferation of hybrid or quasi-employment status whereby company directors and limited liability partners are gaining access to employment rights. At the same time, legislation is creating new forms of employee shareholder status, where employees trade employment rights for shares in the company. New corporate structures are being developed to promote one-man companies, small and medium sized enterprises and hybrid company/partnerships. This paper examines some of these developments in the light of the theory of the firm and the jurisprudence of company and employment law and considers the implications for workers, employers and the self-employed.

Keywords

employeeentrepreneurfirmemployment status
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 22 , Special Issue 6: Self-employed professionals, freelancers and contractors , November 2016 , pp. 826 - 842
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2016 

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