Il est de plus en plus reconnu que la flexibilité du travail et de l'emploi constitue un choix stratégique de gestion, qui marque le dépassement de la conception traditionnelle réduisant la flexibilité à une capacité d'adaptation aux contraintes contextuelles (Reix, 1979 et 1997; Volberda,...

Since its origin, telecommuting enormously evolved to become, as of today, a widespread and multiple form of work. The goal of this paper is to relate the evolution of traditional telecommuting to multiform telecommuting -mainly summarised by the alternated, mobile or independent telework....

Répondant aux préoccupations du moment en matière de mobilité ou de qualité de vie, le télétravail s'impose aujourd'hui comme un mode d'organisation flexible du travail. Essentiellement pratiqué de manière informelle, il appelle des modes de régulation spécifiques, dans un cadre...

The rise of modern corporations has been accompanied by an expansion of salaried executives who have replaced owner-managers. With this expansion, the new class of managers/executives came to regard themselves as stewards of large and complex corporations, and not principally or exclusively as...

The paper examines the contribution of inscriptions, in particular new accounting measures, to a process of transforming the ethos and operations of ‘Britech', a high-tech division of a major British manufacturer. Focusing upon the increased and changing use of inscriptions at this site, we...

This paper examines the role of accounting in management–labour relations within the context of contemporary moves to re-conceptualise and reorganise manufacturing processes. We explore how new manufacturing and accounting discourses are received by employees, and how their (more or less...

It is a relatively common assertion today that globalization is leading to a change in the role of the corporation. Whilst globalization exposes the limited ability of nation-states to develop effective systems of global regulation, concurrently we witness privatization of areas that formerly...

This paper takes the regulation of identity as a focus for examining organizational control. It considers how employees are enjoined to develop self-images and work orientations that are deemed congruent with managerially defined objectives. This focus on identity extends and deepens themes...