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Entgrenzte Organisationen – begrenzte Beschaeftigtengesundheit? Arbeitspolitische Aushandlungen um Grenzverschiebungen und Grenzziehungen im Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz (Boundaryless organisations and their implications for employee health. Labour policy negotiations about boundaries in occupational health and safety)

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  • Becker, Karina

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Der Beitrag diskutiert die Reichweite und Bezugnahme der durch Normen und Vorgaben gesetzten Grenzen im Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz. Dafuer werden zum einen Grenzverschiebungen um den Standard des Arbeitsschutzes im Rahmen arbeitspolitischer Aushandlungen in seiner historischen Entwicklung aufgezeigt. Zum anderen werden Grenzziehungen zwischen verschiedenen Beschaeftigtengruppen identifiziert. Wie am Beispiel der stationaeren und haeuslichen Pflege gezeigt wird, kommen diese durch den Ausschluss von Leiharbeitskraeften und Werkvertragsnehmern von etablierten Arbeitsschutzstandards zustande. Ein Kennzeichen der Entgrenzung von Organisationen und Arbeit besteht demnach darin, dass prekaer Beschaeftigten mit geringen Sekundaermachtpotentialen vielerorts nur ein begrenztes Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutzniveau zuteil wird. (The article discusses the scope and reference of occupational health and safety as set by legal standards and specifications. Firstly, we discuss the shifting boundaries of occupational health standards with special regard to the historical development of labour related negotiations. Secondly, we identify the boundaries separating different groups of employees. Through the examples of in-patient and home care, we show that these boundaries are established through the exclusion of temporary staff and contract workers from established safety standards. As a consequence, the article argues that many precarious workers with individual diminished power resources are subject to limited levels of occupational health and safety.)

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  • Becker, Karina, 2016. "Entgrenzte Organisationen – begrenzte Beschaeftigtengesundheit? Arbeitspolitische Aushandlungen um Grenzverschiebungen und Grenzziehungen im Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz (Boundaryless organisations ," Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, Organisation und Management - The German Journal of Industrial Relations, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 23(2), pages 142-161.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:indbez:doi:10.1688/indb-2016-02-becker
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    health; power; precarious work; care work;
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    JEL classification:

    • P12 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Enterprises
    • Q02 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Commodity Market
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets

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