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Towards a New Standard Employment Relationship in Western Europe
Author(s) -
Bosch Gerhard
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2004.00333.x
Subject(s) - underpinning , flexibility (engineering) , sociology , western europe , labour economics , demographic economics , political science , economic geography , economic system , economics , management , engineering , european union , international trade , civil engineering
This paper examines critically the concept of the standard employment relationship (SER), differentiating between form and substance. It explores the social functions served by the SER and its evolution in western Europe. Six major causes underpinning changes in the employment relationship are explored and the contours of a new more flexible SER developed. Two further social functions are added: equal access for men and women to the employment system, and increased internal flexibility in the workplace.