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Organisational restructuring and emerging service value chains: implications for work and employment

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  • Jörg Flecker

    (Working Life Research Centre (FORBA), Vienna, flecker@forba.at)

  • Pamela Meil

    (Institute for Social Science Research (ISF), Munich, pamela.meil@isf-muenchen.de)

Abstract

This article examines companies’ and public sector organisations’ external restructuring processes, with consideration of emerging or lengthening value chains and network relationships in the service sector. Focusing on two business functions — software development in the IT industry and IT services for public sector organisations — the article describes the types of inter-organisational relations that emerge and analyses the impact of restructuring on employment conditions and work organisation. The business functions clearly differ according to the form that restructuring takes and with regard to the impact of restructuring on work and employment. Common trends include increased insecurity, growing flexibility demands and higher levels of standardisation and formalisation of work.

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  • Jörg Flecker & Pamela Meil, 2010. "Organisational restructuring and emerging service value chains: implications for work and employment," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 24(4), pages 680-698, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:24:y:2010:i:4:p:680-698
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017010380635
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    6. Christina Teipen, 2016. "The Implications of the Value Chain and Financial Institutions for Work and Employment: Insights from the Video Game Industry in Poland, Sweden and Germany," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 54(2), pages 311-333, June.

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