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Flexibility and employment patterns in the contemporary paper industry: a comparative analysis of mills in Britain and Finland
Author(s) -
Penn Roger,
Lilja Kari,
Scattergood Hilda
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.tb00619.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , competition (biology) , labour economics , economics , business , industrial organization , operations management , management , ecology , biology
This article examines the model of the flexible firm in eight British and Finnish paper mills. In spite of increasing competition and considerable technological change, there was little evidence of flexibility. The authors conclude that peripheralisation of employment would be disastrous in such a capitally‐intensive environment where employers rely on highly‐skilled, experienced, full‐time workers to operate advanced machinery continuously.