Abstract While all firms can benefit from engaging contingent labor, due to the flexibility, real options, and new knowledge these workers may provide, these benefits are compounded in emerging organizations due to their lack of resources, legitimacy, and time to focus on HR issues. By carefully weighing the risks and benefits, and making purposeful and intentional decisions concerning when and what types of contingent labor to utilize, as well as how to manage and integrate them with traditional employees, emerging ventures may experience enhanced growth and productivity. This may be particularly true during their start‐up, expansion, and diversification stages of development. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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