... the flexibility of gig work, also face financial challenges but are shielded by their primary employment. The illusion of autonomy in gig work is revealed as a key issue, with both groups struggling to balance flexibility with financial stability. The study highlights how platform-based food delivery work fosters...

...: organisational trust, flexibility, work–life interference and productivity. Design/methodology/approach A number of changes were implemented to the scale (i.e. including new items, rewording of existing items) following a recent qualitative study conducted by the authors. The two studies outlined...

... work through features such as its intensity, flexibility and perception of organizational support. Design/methodology/approach The model was tested using survey data from academics in a public university in the south of Spain. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses...

...Erling Rasmussen; Barry Foster; Deirdre Farr Purpose The purpose of this paper is to place empirical research on New Zealand employers’ attitudes to collective bargaining and legislative change within the context of the long running debate of flexibility. Design/methodology/approach A cross...

... on the flexibility offered to the workers. Design/methodology/approach – The data of this study have been collected from a sample of 308 human resources managers in Spanish firms, through an online questionnaire. The hypotheses were tested by ordinary least squares regression analyses. Findings...

... and the dimensions of fit and flexibility in the actual HRM practices implemented by two study organizations that have deployed HRM in strategic change. Design/methodology/approach The research used two case studies of NPOs who reported that they adopted HR practices as an integral component of their adaptive...

... on these elements, the authors reflected on the function of teamwork in these contexts, which is strongly dominated by a notion of flexibility under complexity, based on the technical, normative, and governance dimensions of teamwork. Design/methodology/approach Problem‐centred interviews (n=11) based...

... diversity to, finally, a global focus looking at international HRM. There are also three main themes, which unite the nine case studies: new forms of technology and organisation; changes in the employment relationship; and the drive towards flexibility. Edited by Helen   Newell and Harry...

...Boyd Black This paper investigates the relationship between national culture and the main dimensions of employment flexibility. A cultural model of comparative labour market flexibility is developed. Using Hofstede’s indices for measuring national culture, hypotheses concerning the association...

...Susan Curtis; Rosemary Lucas Employers’ demands for cheap and flexible labour which can multi‐task, make decisions and act responsibly are being met by an increasing supply of students to the part‐time labour market who are having to work due to financial necessity during term‐time. This article...

.... Construction MNEs show an increased use of certain types of flexible working. It is shown that this is in turn linked to decreased union influence, even in some countries with strong regulatory regimes. The argument’s implication is that the emergence of a new order in the industry poses a substantial threat...

... around three main areas of work organisation change, notably the search for organisational flexibility, attempts to recast the nature of work and finally the intensification of work. It concludes by arguing that threats to union organisation emanating from the restructuring of work currently appear...

...Stella Kufidu; Dimitrios Mihail Labour flexibility is a central theme of management’s rhetoric in Greece. At the same time the securing of greater flexibility has been identified by policy makers as a central component of industrial relations reform. In spite of this endowing of flexibility...

... on the Western Australian Workplace Agreement system designed to take account of the interests of small business. Statistical analysis and case studies are used to identify the extent to which small service sector enterprises have used this more “flexible” framework to implement improved HRM processes...

...Richard Croucher; Chris Brewster This article examines the problems that the expansion and spread of flexible working patterns have created for the trade unions. Drawing evidence from across Europe, but focusing on the UK, it is argued that the decline in unionism has a number of antecedents...

...Jan C. Looise; Maarten van Riemsdijk; Frans de Lange Despite important differences in labour flexibility patterns in different countries and despite clear indications of the important role of institutional factors with respect to HRM, to date there has been little research on the interaction...

...Peter A. Smith; Alexander A.I. Wedderburn Long shifts of more than 8 hours, commonly of 10 or 12 hours, are spreading widely as a way of increasing operational availability and flexibility, and offering employees bigger blocks of time off. Research shows that they can provide multiple benefits...

...Patrick Gunnigle; Thomas Turner; Michael Morley This paper addresses the impact of institutional industrial relations arrangements at organisation level on the extent and pattern of utilisation of different forms of employment flexibility. In particular, it evaluates the extent to which factors...

...; Ingham, 1984), especially the chronic difficulties in the supply of capital for industry to which these give rise (Dore, 1985). © MCB UP Limited 1998 Cellular manufacturing Flexibility Investment Manufacturing industry Teamwork Transfer pricing We argue here that, even though...

... standards and encourage a more flexible workforce. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Competitiveness Employment law Flexibility Industrial relations UK The Labour Government’s philosophy towards employment law changes was outlined, before the 1997 General Election, in the Labour Party...