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A sustainability perspective on flexible HRM : how to cope with paradoxes of contingent work
Kozica, Arjan; Kaiser, Stephan - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 23 (2012) 3, pp. 239-261
Based on a sustainability perspective we offer a research framework that allows discussion of the relationship between positive and negative effects of flexible HRM. Sustainability, as an umbrella concept, aims to integrate three perspectives: economy, ecology and society. The relationships...
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A sustainability perspective on flexible HRM : how to cope with paradoxes of contigent work
Kozica, Arjan; Kaiser, Stephan - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 23 (2012) 3, pp. 239-261
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626932
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Configuring and contextualising HR systems : an empirical study of manufacturing SMEs
Lacoursière, Richard; Fabi, Bruno; Raymond, Louis - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 19 (2008) 1/2, pp. 106-125
Human resource management (HRM) has become for SMEs a critical factor of adaptation to an increasingly complex and uncertain business environment. Founded on open systems and contingency theory, the present study seeks to identify configurations of HR systems in manufacturing SMEs, and to...
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Configuring and contextualising HR systems: an empirical study of manufacturing SMEs
Lacoursière, Richard; Fabi, Bruno; Raymond, Louis - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 19 (2008) 1/2, pp. 106-125
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003718563
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Flexibility, dual labour markets, and temporary employment : empirical evidence from German establishment data
Pfeifer, Christian - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 16 (2005) 3, pp. 404-422
The study examines, what forms and instruments firms use to react flexibly to demand-induced output fluctuations, and, if they are used in a complementary or substitutable way. Empirical evidence shows a rather complementary relationship. Moreover, the determinants of temporary employment...
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Temporary agency work and precarious employment : a review of the current situation in Australia and New Zealand
Burgess, John; Connell, Julia; Rasmussen, Erling Juul - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 16 (2005) 3, pp. 351-369
its high flexibility, that agency work constitutes a relatively small proportion of total employment in both countries … labour flexibility is often associated with insecurity and precariousness, there are also advantageous forms of agency …
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Atypical employment and flexicurity
Keller, Berndt; Seifert, Hartmut - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 16 (2005) 3, pp. 304-323
Hitherto, discussion of flexicurity has focused on normal employment (Normalarbeitsverhältnis), with atypical work receiving only cursory attention. This paper attempts to remedy this conceptual oversight by identifying strategies for reducing the social risks. We begin by analysing the two...
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Job stability, mobility and labour market restructuring : evidence from German microdata
Erlinghagen, Marcel - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 17 (2006) 4, pp. 372-394
The paper analyses the change of job stability and its determinants in the course of time by presenting some empirical evidence from Germany. Drawing upon event history data from the German Federal Labour Office insurance accounts and employing Cox Proportional Hazard Rate Models, we test six...
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Embedded flexibility strategies and diversity within national institutional frameworks : how many flexibility profiles are in the German model?
Kirchner, Stefan - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 24 (2013) 1, pp. 12-29
flexibility profile that corresponds with the national institutional framework. Recent empirical studies, however, have found … substantial diversity in realized firm-level strategies. This article investigates the actual distribution of flexibility … practices in German establishments. Latent class analysis revealed four flexibility profiles, including a dual profile that …
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The implications of flexible work : membership in organizations revisited
Schmidt, Angelika - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 24 (2013) 3, pp. 179-198
The erosion of standard forms of employment is creating new needs and management requirements in organizations. This article examines the polarization within the workforce. The classical approach of the core and marginal workforce based on the work of Doeringer and Piore (1971) will be reshaped...
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