Restructuring, Redeployment and Job Churning within Internal Labour Markets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Mackenzie (0000-0001-9902-8182, Karlstad University, corresponding author), Christopher J Mclachlan (0000-0002-4867-9409, Queen Mary University of London) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1480-1496 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09500170221080389 |
| OpenAlex | W4280600443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article explores the phenomenon of recurrent internal redeployment, through a case study of restructuring at a UK based steel firm. While redeployment reflected one of the key functions of the traditional internal labour market at SteelCo, frequent restructuring events meant some workers experienced redeployment on a recurrent basis. For these workers the experience of repeated redeployment was analogous to churning in and out of jobs on the external labour market. Adapting this term to internal organisational processes, the article presents a new way of analysing recurrent redeployment through the formulation of the concept of Internal Labour Market Churn. This new contribution to internal labour market theory highlights problems with human capital development, career progression and in-work insecurity associated with internal churning, which tarnishes the sense of mutual commitment traditionally associated with and engendered by internal labour markets
Business · Churning · Economics · Human capital · Labour economics · Market economy · Phenomenon · Restructuring · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Finance
Internal labor markets and manpower analysis
Case Study Methods
Understanding the Employment Relation
Requiem or rebirth? Internal labour markets and labour market restructuring in the Kitchener and Sault Ste. Marie regions
Institutional Labor Economics, the New Personnel Economics, and Internal Labor Markets
Internal Labor Markets Under External Market Pressures
From Pyramids to Diamonds
A Perfunctory Sort of Post-Fordism
The Evolution of Generalised and Acute Job Tenure Insecurity
The hidden face of job insecurity
Beating the 'churning' trap in the youth labour market
The Role of the Steelworker Occupational Community in the Internalization of Industrial Restructuring
Organisations and the Transformation of the Internal Labour Market
Subcontracting and the Reregulation of the Employment Relationship
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |