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Flexible working practices in engine plants: evidence from the European automobile industry
Author(s) -
Mueller Frank
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1992.tb00617.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , industrial relations , automotive industry , teamwork , industrial organization , business , divergence (linguistics) , production (economics) , operations management , economic system , economics , engineering , management , microeconomics , linguistics , philosophy , aerospace engineering
A convergent development between European countries can be observed in terms of the extension of functional flexibility, enlarging production workers’ jobs, introducing teamwork arrangements. In the literature, the emphasis has traditionally been on divergence between countries, which was explained in terms of different management strategies and industrial relations systems.