Passing the buck
Corporate restructuring and the casualisation of employment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21189703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ursula Huws (0000-0003-0774-1023, University of Hertfordshire, corresponding author), Ursula Huws Ursula Huws |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428 |
| Publisher | Pluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.5.1.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2235924816 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article starts by looking critically at the contested concept of work flexibility, tracing the ambiguities inherent in it to the contradictions embodied in the ‘special deals’ struck between capital and labour in the third quarter of the 20th century. It then goes on to discuss the new forms of employment casualisation – and resulting precariousness – that have arisen since that period within the ‘formal’ economy, arising from the processes of financialisation, globalisation and corporate restructuring, before introducing the contents of this volume. It concludes with some general reflections on precariousness
Economic system · Economics · Embodied cognition · Globalization · Management · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Restructuring · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |