The use of flexible employment arrangements: Some new evidence from Greek firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-146

  Voudouris, Irini ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Employment; Flexibility; Greek firms

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; SUBCONTRACTING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1442265200     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000157384     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Abraham, K.G. (1988) 'Flexible Staffing Arrangements and Employers' Short Term Adjustment Strategies'. In Hart, R.A. (ed.) Employment, Unemployment and Hours of Work. London: Allen & Unwin, pp. 288-311.
2. Abraham, K.G. (1990) 'Restructuring the Employment Relationship: The Growth of Market-Mediated Work Arrangements'. In Abraham, K.G. and McKersie, R.B. (eds) New Developments in the Labor Market: Toward a New Institutional Paradigm. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 85-119.
3. Abraham, K.G. and Taylor, S. (1996) 'Firms' Use of Outside Contractors: Theory and Evidence', Journal of Labor Economics, 14(3): 394-424.
4. Anderson, E. and Schmittlein, D.C. (1984) 'Integration of the Sales Force: An Empirical Examination', Rand Journal of Economics, 15: 385-95.
5. Appelbaum, E. (1987) 'Restructuring Work: Temporary, Part-Time and At-Home Employment'. In Hartmann, H. (ed.) Computer Chips and Paper Clips: Technology and Women's Employment, Vol. 2. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, pp. 268-310.
6. Baret, C., Gadrey, J. and Gallouj, C. (1999) 'France Germany, Great Britain: The Organization of Working Time in Large Retail Food Stores', European Journal of Industrial Relations, 5(1): 27-48.
7. Barker, K. and Christensen, K. (1998) Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.
8. Barry, B. and Grant, J.M. (1990) Correlates of Labour Force Externalisation in Growing Firms. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Francisco.
9. Belous, R.S. (1989) 'How Human Resource Systems Adjust to the Shift towards Contingent Workers', Monthly Labor Review, 112(3): 7-12.
10. Cascio, W.F. (ed.) (1992) Managing Human Resources. New York: McGraw-Hill.
11. Coolidge, D.S. (1996) 'Temping Is Now A Career with an Upside for Workers', The Christian Science Monitor, 7 October: 1.
12. Davis-Blake, A. and Uzzi, B. (1993) 'Determinants of Employment Externalisation: A Study of Temporary Workers and Independent Contractors', Administrative Science Quarterly, 38: 195-223.
13. Ducatel, K. and Burgelman, J.-C. (1999) Employment Map: Jobs, Skill and Working Life on the Road to 2010, Future Report Series 13. European Commission, Directorate-General JRC, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, TECS-Futures Programme.
14. Freyssinet, J. (1988) 'Paradigme de la flexibilité ou nouveau rapport salarial?'. In Stankiewicz, F. (ed.) Les Stratégies d'entreprise face aux ressources humaines: l̀après-Taylorisme Economica.
15. Gonzalez-Diaz, M., Arrunada, B. and Fernandez, A. (2000) 'Causes for Subcontracting: Evidence from Panel Data on Construction Firms', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 42(2): 167-87.
16. Gramm, C.L. and Schnell, J.F. (2001) 'The Use of Flexible Staffing Arrangements in Core Production Jobs', Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 54(2): 245-56.
17. Harrison, B. and Kelley, M. (1993) 'Outsourcing and the Search for Flexibility', Work Employment and Society, June: 213-35.
18. Hau Siu Chow, I. (1998) 'The Impact of Rules and Regulations on Workforce Flexibility in Hong Kong', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 9(3).
19. Jensen, J.B. (1994) 'Contracting Out for Services: An Empirical Examination' PhD, Stanford University.
20. Kochan, T.A., Smith, M., Wells, JC. and Rebitzer, J.B. (1994) 'Human Resource Strategies and Contingent Workers: The Case of Safety and Health in the Petrochemical Industry', Human Resource Management, 33(1): 55-77.
21. Kouzis, Y. (1994) 'Special or Flexible Types of Employment', Labour Institute Bulletin (in Greek), 40-1 (June-July): 32-7.
22. Kufidu, S. and Michail, D. (1999) 'Decentralisation and Flexibility in Greek Industrial Relations', Employee Relations, 21(5): 485-99.
23. Lyberaki, A. (1991) Athens: Gutenberg.
24. Lyberaki, A. and Mouriki, A. (1996) H A Athens: Gutenberg.
25. Mangum, G., Mayall, D. and Nelson, K. (1985) 'The Temporary Help Industry: A Response to the Dual Internal Labor Market', Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 38: 599-611.
26. Matusik, S.F. (1996) 'The Growth of the Contingent Workforce and Our Theories of Organizational Boundaries: A Challenge or a Confirmation?', Pacific Grove, CA: paper presented at the Stanford Center for Organizations Research Conference.
27. Matusik, S.F. and Hill, C. (1998) 'The Utilization of Contingent Work, Knowledge Creation, and Competitive Advantage', The Academy of Management Review, 23(4): 680-97.
28. Mayer, G., Andersen, T. and Muller, M. (2001) 'Employment Restructuring and Flexibility in Austrian and Danish Banking', European Journal of Industrial Relations, 7(1): 71-87.
29. Morse, D. (1969) 'The Peripheral Worker'. In Barker, K. and Christensen, K. (eds) Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, p. 1998.
30. Papalexandris, N. (1997) 'Flexible Working Patterns: Towards Reconciliation of Family and Work', Employee Relations, 19(6).
31. Pfeffer, J. and Cohen, Y. (1984) 'Determinants of Internal Labor Markets in Organizations', Administrative Science Quarterly, 29: 550-72.
32. Pfeffer, J. and Salancik, G.R. (1978) The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective. New York: Harper & Row.
33. Polivka, A.E. and Nardone, T. (1989) 'On the Definition of Contingent Work', Monthly Labor Review, 112(12): 9-16.
34. Rousseau, D.M. and Libuser, C. (1997) 'Contingent Workers in High Risk Environments', California Management Review, 39(2).
35. Storey, J., Quintas, P., Taylor, P. and Fowle, W. (2002) 'Flexible Employment Contracts and their Implications for Product and Process Innovation', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 13(1): 1-18.
36. Tarondeau, J.C. (1993) Stratégie industrielle. Paris: Vuibert.
37. Voudouris, I. and Tarondeau, J.C. (1999) 'Les Facteurs determinants du recours au travail temporaire', Revue Francaise de Gestion, 123(2).
38. Wells, J., Kochan, T. and Smith, M. (1991) 'Managing Workplace Safety and Health: The Case of Contract Labor in the US Petrochemical Industry', Final Report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department of Labor: John Gray Institute, Lamar University System, Beaumont, TX.
39. Wholey, D.R. (1985) 'Determinants of Firm Internal Labor Markets in Large Law Firms', Administrative Science Quarterly, 30: 318-35.
40. Wiji, A. and Booth, A.L. (1998) 'Training and Labor Market Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?', British Journal of industrial Relations, 36(4).
41. Williamson, O.E. (1981) 'The Economics of Organization: The Transaction Cost Approach', American Journal of Sociology, 87: 548-77.
42. Wysocki, B. (1996) 'High Tech Nomads Write New Program for Future Work', Wall Street Journal, 19 August: Al.