Restructuring, Redeployment and Job Churning within Internal Labour Markets

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ID2374632
AutoresRobert Mackenzie (0000-0001-9902-8182, Karlstad University, autor de correspondencia), Christopher J Mclachlan (0000-0002-4867-9409, Queen Mary University of London)
Año2023
Volumen37
Número6
Páginas1480-1496
Fecha de publicación2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/09500170221080389
OpenAlexW4280600443
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas27

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