Study of contracting and rewarding practices between producers and other freelance professionals in the Dutch project-based film industry.
It builds on Starkey et al. (2000).
Results:
flexibility is highly prized
the incompleteness of contracts is not seen as a disadvantage
rewards that are uncertain in respect to value and timing are not an exception
Film professionals are not merely looking for short-term gain in isolated projects, but can be committed and loyal to a latent organization.
“[…] implicit relational contracts – the ones that govern the latent organization – are at the basis of relations among film professionals and that the actual explicit contracts – the ones that govern relations within the PBO – follow from them.”
“Project managers or other short-term contractors can benefit from flexibility in contracting and rewarding only if they have a reputation of being a loyal contractor who values long-term relations and remembers whom to reward in future projects for extra efforts made in past projects.”
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