Citation
Kalleberg, Arne L. (2001). Organizing Flexibility: The Flexible Firm in a New Century.
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 39(4), 479-504.
Abstract
Research on organizational flexibility should examine the linkages between numerical and functional flexibility. Unfortunately, studies of each type of flexibility generally neglect the other. Moreover, the most popular conception of the interplay between these two forms of flexibility — the core–periphery model — is incomplete in important ways. I discuss evidence and limitations of the core–periphery model of the flexible firm, and outline some promising attempts to conceptualize how organizations may combine functional and numerical flexibility. I focus mainly on the USA and the UK, though I also review evidence and issues involved in cross‐national differences in organizational flexibility.
URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8543.0021Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2001
Journal Title
British Journal of Industrial Relations
Author(s)
Kalleberg, Arne L.
ORCiD
Kalleberg - 0000-0002-1590-7583