Labor demand by an employer usually varies through time. Ideally, the employer will want to retain some flexibility in the amount of labor that is purchased. There are many techniques for retaining some flexibility while offering long-term employment to (at least) a core of employees but even given these techniques, long-term employment relationships can reduce the ability of the employer to match levels of employment with demand. 1. The Dark Side of Loyalty
Loyalty can be beneficial, but it can have deleterious effects as well. To provide appropriate incentives to employees, employers must sometimes take actions that hurt employees. And employee loyalty to co-workers can be detrimental to the employer, if employees protect each other or, especially when comparative evaluation systems are used, adopt a group norm against providing consummate effort. leia todo o artigo
