Organisational restructuring and emerging service value chains

Implications for Work and Employment

Bibliographic Data

ID2373437
AuthorsJörg Flecker (0000-0001-6363-4527, Working Life Research Centre (FORBA), Vienna), Pamela Meil (Institute for Social Science Research (ISF), Munich)
Year2010
Volume24
Issue4
Pages680-698
Publication date2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017010380635
OpenAlexW2111048117
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited13

This article examines companies' and public sector organisations' external restructuring processes, with consideration of emerging or lengthening value chains and network relationships in the service sector. Focusing on two business functions - software development in the IT industry and IT services for public sector organisations - the article describes the types of inter-organisational relations that emerge and analyses the impact of restructuring on employment conditions and work organisation. The business functions clearly differ according to the form that restructuring takes and with regard to the impact of restructuring on work and employment. Common trends include increased insecurity, growing flexibility demands and higher levels of standardisation and formalisation of work

Business · Economics · Economy · Flexibility (engineering · Industrial organization · Management · Public sector · Restructuring · Service (business · Tertiary sector of the economy · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Finance · Marketing

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