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" Flexible organizations and the new working life : "
edited by Egil J. Skorstad, Helge Ramsdal.
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BL
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1040404
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b794774
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Flexible organizations and the new working life : : a European perspective /\ edited by Egil J. Skorstad, Helge Ramsdal.
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Farnham, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) :: illustrations
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0754674207
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: 0754691519
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: 9780754674207
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: 9780754691518
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction / Helge Ramsdal, Egil J. Skorstad -- The ambiguity of flexibility / Egil J. Skorstad -- The impact of flexibility on employee morale and involvement : large-sample findings for UK workplaces / Michael Rose -- Whose flexibility? British employees' responses to flexible capitalism / Harriet Bradley -- A package of flexibility? / Birgitta Eriksson, Jan Ch. Karlsson -- Protected, firm-specific, and scarce : explanations of non-standard forms of employment / R. Øystein Strøm -- Combining flexibility and worker's motivation : lessons from a study on Italian and French hospitals / Philippe R. Mossé -- Striving for flexibility, attaining resistance : culture clashes in the Swedish rail industry / Henrietta Huzell -- The re-organization of manufacturing and the emergence of a flexible economy in the UK / Stephen Ackroyd -- The quest for flexibility and governmental regulations of working life : the case of the 2005 Norwegian Worker Protection and Working Environment Act / Helge Ramsdal -- What's special about the Nordic countries? On flexibility, globalization and working life / Tor Claussen -- Concluding remarks. The complex dynamism of the flexible organization / Egil J. Skorstad.
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What are we actually talking about when we talk of flexibility in organizational settings? Do flexible forms of organization lead to varied, challenging and autonomous work or do they have a negative impact on working conditions? These questions are confronted by a group of specialist authors, who discuss the concept of flexibility in relation to employment practices, organizational structure, cultural peculiarities and network arrangements in France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the UK.
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Corporate culture-- Europe, Cross-cultural studies.
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Flextime-- Europe, Cross-cultural studies.
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Organizational behavior-- Europe, Cross-cultural studies.
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Quality of work life-- Europe, Cross-cultural studies.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Corporate culture.
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Flextime.
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Organizational behavior.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor Industrial Relations.
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Quality of work life.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.25/724094
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HD5109.2.E85F54 2009eb
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Ramsdal, Helge.
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Skorstad, Egil,1945-
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