In today’s age of business uncertainty, contingent work has come to play a critical role. Not only do the large majority of organizations leverage contingent work arrangements, but well over a third of organizations have also increased spending on such workers over the last two years and plan to increase it over the next two, according to the latest research from the HR Research Institute (HRRI).To better understand why organizations contract with contingents and to determine how organizations source, employ and manage them, HRRI investigated the following areas: