We analyze patterns of flexible employment among the highly qualified workforce in knowledge-intensive firms. Our conceptual starting point is the Flexible Firm that can be traced back to Atkinson. On the basis of a qualitative field study in ten organizations, we show different patterns in...

Dieser Beitrag setzt sich mit dem psychologischen Vertrag in projektfoermigen wissensintensiven Beschaeftigungsarrangements, in denen die Erarbeitung kundenspezifischer Problemloesungen erfolgskritisch ist, auseinander. Es werden die Ergebnisse einer qualitativen empirischen Untersuchung zu den...

The paper combines resource-based thinking with perspectives from theories of organisational learning and knowledge management. According to the resource-based view (RBV) strategy can be defined as emergent pattern of interaction generating core competencies and dynamic capabilities. These...

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In order to understand highly-skilled flexible workers’ job satisfaction, we take their track records into consideration, integrating several employment contracts. We conceptualize our research interest within the framework of the psychological contract to explore individual rationalities in...