Information and communication technology (ICT) challenges traditional assumptions about the capacity to manage workers beyond organizational and physical boundaries. A typology connects a variety of non-traditional work organizations made possible by ICT, including offshoring, outsourcing,...

Im Zuge der Umstrukturierung von Arbeit wird vermehrt selbstorganisierte Teamarbeit anhand verschiedener Konzepte in Unternehmen umgesetzt. In der Study werden nachfolgende Regelungs- und Ansatzpunkte für gut gestaltete Teamarbeit ausführlich dargestellt. Grundlage sind 79 Betriebs- und...

This chapter describes the nature, scope and effects of various non-mandated participatory work practices in Japan, the U.S. and Europe through the lens of organizational complementarity theory. Specifically, rather than being treated in isolation, each work practice is considered an element of...

This working paper presents the first findings of a survey on the impact of COVID-19 on workplace practices among employers in EU Member States. The survey was developed, organised and fielded at end-2020 by Eurofound and Cedefop. It explores the impact of the health crisis on companies in the...

Die Digitalisierung erzeugt neue Herausforderungen und Chancen für die Arbeitswelt und die Arbeitspolitik. Die Beiträge dieses Bandesdiskutieren zentrale Entwicklungen und arbeitspolitische Strategien des Umgangs mit der Digitalisierung von Arbeit: die Verschiebung räumlicher und zeitlicher...

Contests between groups are plagued by intra-group externalities (free-riding). Yet, costless incentive schemes that entirely avoid free-riding within a group might not be desirable, neither individually nor socially. In contests among two groups, a relatively weak (i.e., small or unproductive)...