Download or read book Working Time Flexibility in European Companies written by Heejung Chung and published by LearnVerbs.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Working Time Flexibility in European Companies written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Flexibility is a key issue in the European debate on the future of the European economy and labour market. If companies want to maintain and improve their competitiveness, they have to be able to react flexibly to market demands. Workers are interested in company policies that support work-life balance. Working time arrangements can have a significant bearing on the efficiency and productivity of companies as well as the health, wellbeing and motivation of their employees. This report provides unique insight into the various working time flexibility arrangements currently in place in companies across Europe. It is based on analysing the findings of a large-scale, representative survey carried out in establishments with 10 or more employees in 21 European countries in 2004-5. The report looks at whether and how countries differ in their application of flexible working time systems. It analyses the perceived impact of such arrangements on company performance in terms of economic success and employment stability or growth"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Flexible Working in Organisations written by Clare Kelliher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing interest in flexible working, not only as a means to manage labour more efficiently and for greater agility, but also as a response to increasing concerns over well-being, work-life balance, and participation in the labour force of those with significant non-work commitments (e.g. parents, carers, older workers). As a result, a comprehensive stream of literature on the benefits and challenges of flexible working has developed and led to a body of evidence on the implementation and outcomes of different forms of flexible working arrangements. This book assesses the current state of this literature as follows: Background: the authors review the different definitions that have been proposed, policy developments, availability and uptake. Outcomes from flexible working: the main chapters focus on the outcomes for employers (e.g. performance, employee retention, organisational commitment etc.), as well as for individual employees (e.g. well-being, job satisfaction etc.). Evaluation of extant knowledge: the authors comment on the existing literature and consider the methodological approaches adopted in the literature. Conclusion: suggestions for future research are proposed. Of interest to students, academics and policy-makers, this book provides an expert overview of the empirical evidence and offers critical commentary on the state of knowledge in the field of flexible working and new forms of work.
Download or read book Working Time and Work life Balance in European Companies written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foundation's Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance 2004-2005 set out to map the use of a variety of working time arrangements in companies, to assess the reasons for their introduction and their impact. This report presents an overview of the survey's initial findings. It focuses on aspects such as flexible time arrangements in general, overtime, part-time work, nonstandard working hours, childcare leave and other forms of long-term leave, phased and early retirement and company policies to support work-life balance.
Download or read book Flexibility of Working Time in Western Europe written by Rafaël Nedzynski and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade union pub. Report on trade union attitudes towards the arrangement of working time in Western Europe - covers flexible hours of work, overtime, compressed working week, continuous working day, part time employment, etc.; considers their impact on employment, working conditions, labour productivity, workers rights of part time workers.
Download or read book Flexibility for Whom written by Heejung Chung and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Company Survey 2009 written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report analyses European corporate practices in terms of working time flexibility as revealed by the European Company Survey 2009, to determine how these two drivers of flexibility have been addressed in different organisations. It builds a typology of different approaches, looking at how different practices are bundled together; it also examines how flexibility practices are related to company characteristics and measures of performance."--Editor.
Download or read book The Modernization of Working Times written by Raija Julkunen and published by Sophi Academic Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of European economic and political integration, there is quite a large degree of variation between the working times in different countries. This book delves into the role of crisis in the midernization of working times in Finland. It looks at how flexibiltty and local bargaining made a breakthrough, and what hapened to the idea of work sharing, what sort of new innovations have taken place in the workplace and what was th role of the government in promoting societal aims.
Download or read book Working Time in Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Working Time in the EU written by European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that a revised Working Time Directive will be instrumental for improving working conditions and providing business and employees with the necessary flexibility for implementing innovative and balanced solutions at the workplace. Suggests that further legislative action is necessary in order to shape the EU rules to changing working time patterns while respecting their objective of protecting workers' health and safety.
Download or read book Flexibility for Whom written by Heejung Chung and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper argues that labour market flexibility is commonly examined lop-sidely, and that it should be examined more broadly including flexibility for the needs of employees as well as those for employers. It uses the data from the European Survey of Working-Time and Work-life Balance, a survey based on the establishment level covering 21 EU member states for the year 2004/2005. The outcomes show that based on the practices of companies, flexibility can indeed be distinguished depending on whose flexibility it accommodates. Also it shows that it is the countries that score high on the levels of flexibility for employers are those who also score high on the levels of flexibility for employees however there are differences across country clusters in which flexibility is more emphasized than the other. Lastly, this paper makes cautionary note on the various levels in which flexibility can be examined.
Download or read book Flexible Working and Organisational Change written by Bram Peper and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The central aim of this book is to consider to what extent changes in organisations and in the nature of jobs are compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book questions what sort of dilemmas modern and future employees face, in terms of shaping their careers and organising their lives at home. The authors formulate answers to these problematic questions by shedding light on relevant developments in the European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in gender relations at work.".
Download or read book Flexible Working Time Arrangements and Gender Equality written by Janneke Plantenga and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oversigt over de europæiske landes arbejdstider - deltidsarbejde, overarbejde, hjemarbejde og fleksible arbejdstider - og disses indvirkning på kønsligestilling
Download or read book Comparative Analyses of Operating Hours and Working Times in the European Union written by Lei Delsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the second book based on comparative and comprehensive data from the 2003 representative European Union Company survey of Operating hours, Working times and Employment (EUCOWE) in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EUCOWE project is the first representative and standardised European company survey which covers all categories of firm sizes and all sectors of the economy. This volume complements and builds on the first book published in 2007, in which the methodology and the descriptive national findings as well as some first comparative analytical results were presented. In this second book the EUCOWE research team presents in-depth cross-country analyses of the relationship between operating hours, working times and employment in the European Union. Six empirical chapters of this volume provide detailed comparative analyses of the determinants and consequences of the duration and flexibility of opening hours and operating times.
Download or read book The Flexibility Paradox written by Heejung Chung and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does flexible working really provide a better work-life balance? Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible working has become the norm for many workers. This volume offers an original examination of flexible working using data from 30 European countries and drawing on studies conducted in Australia, the US and India. Rather than providing a better work-life balance, the book reveals how flexible working can lead to exploitation, which manifests differently for women and men, such as more care responsibilities or increased working hours. Taking a critical stance, this book investigates the potential risks and benefits of flexible working and provides crucial policy recommendations for overcoming the negative consequences.
Download or read book Working Time and Work life Balance in European Companies written by European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flexible Organizations and the New Working Life written by Helge Ramsdal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are we actually talking about when we talk of flexibility in organizational settings? Do flexible forms of organization lead to varied, challenging and autonomous work or do they have a negative impact on working conditions? These questions are confronted by a group of specialist authors including Stephen Ackroyd, Harriet Bradley, Jan Ch. Karlsson, Philippe Mossé and Michael Rose, who discuss the concept of flexibility in relation to employment practices, organizational structure, cultural peculiarities and network arrangements in France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the UK. While the question of workplace flexibility has been much debated in recent years, the main issues discussed have been the practice of non-standard forms of employment such as part-time work. This book is distinctive in dealing with flexibility related to organizational arrangements, organizational culture and network arrangements, and in assessing the combined effects of different arrangements in terms of manpower, structure, culture and networks on flexibility.
