Rousseau, Thierry <br/><br/>
The Consequences of Subcontracting on the Main Contractor’s Employees 

 -  2016.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> Subcontracting is frequently analyzed as part of the dichotomy between the center and its margins. Based on research on the IT department of a transport company, the article aims at showing that this form of organization can also deeply transform the relationship between margin and center. Subcontracting enables the organizing of a trial for the employees of the main contractor, who may be gradually sidelined in their work, to the benefit of the subcontractors.