High Involvement Work Systems and Job Insecurity in the International Iron and Steel Industry

Bacon, Nicolas and Blyton, Paul Robert 2001. High Involvement Work Systems and Job Insecurity in the International Iron and Steel Industry. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration 18 (1) , pp. 5-16. 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2001.tb00239.x

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Abstract

The different factors behind globalization and the emergence of high involvement work practices do not necessarily carry similar implications for labour. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of high involvement work systems upon workers in the steel industry. The authors present results from a series of cross-national sun>eys conducted in 1998 with 39 national trade unions from over 30 countries measuring issues such as job security, ownership changes, numerical flexibility, and union density. The findings are consistent with U.S. data reported by Osterman (1998) indicating that new work practices provide no defense against an environment of heightened Insecurity.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0825-0383
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 04:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/40025

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