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Exploring changes in the organisation of work in the graphical industry – Threats to union organisation

Newsome, Kirsty - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 5, pp. 503-522

organisational flexibility, attempts to recast the nature of work and finally the intensification of work. It concludes by arguing …

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A coincidence of needs?

Curtis, Susan; Lucas, Rosemary - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 1, pp. 38-54

Employers’ demands for cheap and flexible labour which can multi‐task, make decisions and act responsibly are being met by an increasing supply of students to the part‐time labour market who are having to work due to financial necessity during term‐time. This article details the results...

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Decision‐taking on human resource issues

Croucher, Richard; Druker, Jan - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 1, pp. 55-74

The article examines decision‐taking in European construction companies. It confirms the increasing importance of MNEs in the industry. The extent to which corporate decision‐taking on human resource matters in construction MNEs is distinctive and is examined. Construction MNEs show an...

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Culturally coded? The enigma of flexible labour markets

Black, Boyd - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 4, pp. 401-416

This paper investigates the relationship between national culture and the main dimensions of employment flexibility. A … cultural model of comparative labour market flexibility is developed. Using Hofstede’s indices for measuring national culture …, hypotheses concerning the association between a range of variables measuring employment flexibility (such as employment patterns …

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Flexibility under complexity

Hagemann, Vera; Kluge, Annette; Ritzmann, Sandrina - In: Employee Relations 34 (2012) 3, pp. 322-338

reflected on the function of teamwork in these contexts, which is strongly dominated by a notion of flexibility under complexity …

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IT and New Forms of Organisation for Knowledge Workers: Opportunity and Implementation

Coulson‐Thomas, Colin - In: Employee Relations 13 (1991) 4, pp. 22-32

responsiveness and flexibility. Skill shortages have become a limiting factor. People today have an unprecedented choice of for whom …

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The Myth of Post‐Fordist Management: Work Organization and Employee Discretion in Seven Countries

Boreham, Paul - In: Employee Relations 14 (1992) 2, pp. 13-24

Presents data from recent research examining work organization in seven countries. Addresses the question of whether the contemporary workplace is characterized by management practices which might be termed post‐Fordist, involving an extension of employee discretion and autonomy, or whether...

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The Conditions Associated with Peripheral Employment in Australia

Harley, Bill - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 8, pp. 19-31

Aims to subject to empirical scrutiny the claim that peripheral work is characterized by a range of undesirable characteristics. The analysis of data from the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (AWIRS) clearly shows that there is a link between peripheral forms of employment and...

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Youth, gender and part‐time employment

Lucas, Rosemary; Ralston, Lisa - In: Employee Relations 19 (1997) 1, pp. 51-66

Increasing numbers of full‐time students at school, college and university are combining study with work in marginal, flexible, low‐ paid, part‐time service jobs. The employment relationship is highly informal and the contract may simply be the product of coincidence, because the idea that...

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Warning: flexibility can damage your organizational health!

Mayrhofer, Wolfgang - In: Employee Relations 19 (1997) 6, pp. 519-534

Notes that achieving flexibility for organizations is one of the key issues of management efforts. However, making … organizations more flexible may reduce the organizations’ ability to survive unless sustainable flexibility is introduced …. Sustainable flexibility tries to find a balance between softness and structuredness, diversity and coherence, and reserves and …

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