The co-evolution of functional and numerical flexibility: do technology and networking matter?
New Technology, Work and Employment
2007
22
3
November
224-245
information technology ; labour flexibility ; technological change ; work organization
Technology
English
Bibliogr.
"This study explores the relationship between functional and numerical flexibility and the moderating effects of information and communication technology use and networking by investigating the relative predictive power of two approaches: contingency and configuration. The direction of the relationship between the two modes of flexibility depends on the type of flexible staffing arrangement used. Contractors and temporaries are shown to serve different aims and to have different opportunities for evolution."
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