Creating a Competitive Advantage Through Partnershipping With Owner-Operators

Details

• Creators:
  Griffin, Gene C. ; Rodriguez, Julene M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Competition
  • Owner operators
  • Partnerships
  • Trucking
  • Working conditions
  • Personnel management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UGPTI Publication 91
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Trucking firms who rely on owner-operators to any significant extent will not achieve an advantage in a highly competitive industry if they do not understand their partners. But understanding them is only the first step in creating a competitive advantage. This understanding must be translated into a program of earnest partnershipping in which both the independent contractor and the trucking firm benefit. This study provides information to encourage that first step -- understanding owner-operators' concerns, needs, and wants. The report is organized in the following sections: Introduction; Review of Theory and Methodology; General Characteristics of the Combined Sample; Differences between OOIDA Members & Nonmembers and Owner-Operators & Company Drivers; and Summary, Conclusions, and Suggestions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63537/dot_63537_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.04 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cfba0180d6c744e4ba527596209b4376aa8388db00c90983f8dbb51506bbd7bc