This research examines supplier's internal communication when a company is changing to being a solution provider. The focus lies on the internal communication challenges during the change. The qualitative case study comprises two cases of the change process to solution business. The results...

Die aktuelle Diskussion über betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung fokussiert auf freiwillige Maßnahmen, für die Betriebe zusätzliche Kosten tragen. Bezug nehmend auf das Konzept des Rationalitätsmythos im soziologischen Neoinstitutionalismus wird untersucht, welche Gründe für betriebliche...

Internal communication has become an important factor in today's business world. The increased use of electronic media can, despite their obvious advantages, cause communication problems, i.e. information overload. By avoiding communication problems, the productivity of a company can be...

Der Weg zu einer agilen Unternehmenskommunikation ist für Organisationen oftmals schwierig allein zu bewältigen. Eine unabhängige Perspektive von Beratern bzw. das spezielle Know-how von Dienstleistern können dabei sehr wertvoll sein. Die Universität Münster hat die Rolle von externen...

Whereas employee participation is generally conceived to facilitate implementation of organizational change, only limited research has investigated whether it may reduce the negative effects of downsizing. The present study compares two Swedish hospitals that implemented downsizing in different...

In this paper we analyze the impact of information technology and organizational changes on wages using individual level data for 1998/1999. The average impact of IT use on wages turns out to be five to six percent, however, the effects differ across different IT components. Unless employees use...

Between 1993 and 1995, the majority of German firms in services introduced new organizational practices (OC), in particular total quality management systems, certified ISO 9000, lean administration, flatter hierarchies, delegation of authority and ICT-enabled organizational changes). This paper...

This paper provides a new approach to assess the impact of organisational changes fostering employee involvement, performance related pay schemes and other relevant trends in personnel policy on the gender wage gap. Our results indicate that innovative human resource practices tend to limit the...