Fragmenting labour

Organisational restructuring, employment relations and the dynamics of national regulatory frameworks

Bibliographic Data

ID21189704
AuthorsJörg Flecker (0000-0001-6363-4527, corresponding author), Jörg Flecker Jörg Flecker
Year2010
Volume4
Issue1
Publication date2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428
PublisherPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/workorgalaboglob.4.1.0008
OpenAlexW2755482037
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

The conditions of work and employment are becoming increasingly diverse not only at global level, but also within countries, sectors and even organisations. The restructuring of companies and value chains contributes to this fragmentation of employment because restructuring is entangled with shifts in the forms of employment and the composition of labour. These tendencies, in turn, are shaped by specific national employment regulations which mediate both the employers' calculus underlying restructuring and the consequences of restructuring on labour. This paper draws on the results of two major EU-funded projects, WORKS and Dynamo, to present a range of different types of fragmentation of employment in the context of value chain restructuring, discusses their interplay with the institutional context and draws conclusions on national labour market regulations

Business · Economic system · Economics · Labour economics · Labour law · Market economy · Restructuring · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Finance