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Forms of Work Intensification and Economic Performance in French Manufacturing

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Antoine Valeyre () (Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
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This article investigates work intensification in French manufacturing industry. The first part contains an analysis of the various forms of work intensification and their organizational and technological determinants. The analysis reveals the persistence of Taylorist forms of work intensification, the rise of incident-driven forms of work intensification linked to the development of automation, and the extension of market-driven forms of work intensification linked to the diffusion of just-in-time production. The second part examines the economic factors driving the increase in work intensification. The analysis explores the relationships being established between forms of work intensification and the evolution of labor productivity and economic profitability.

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Volume (Year): 30 (2004)
Issue (Month): 4 (Fall)
Pages: 643-658
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Keywords: Manufacturing;

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J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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  1. Francis Green, 2001. "It's Been A Hard Day's Night: The Concentration and Intensification of Work in Late Twentieth-Century Britain," British Journal of Industrial Relations, Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics, vol. 39(1), pages 53-80, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Green, Francis & McIntosh, Steven, 2001. "The intensification of work in Europe," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 291-308, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Mark D Brenner & David Fairris & John Ruser, 2002. "'Flexible' Work Practices and Occupational Safety and Health: Exploring the Relationship Between Cumulative Trauma Disorders and Workplace Transformation," Working Papers wp30, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. [Downloadable!]
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