[spa] Aparición de la categoría de desocupado a fines del siglo 19 - Los fines del siglo 19 se señalaron por una convergencia de cuestiones relativas a desemejanzas de algunas posiciones en el espacio social. Así pues, para definir la noción de contrato laboral, que constituye la calidad de...

[eng] This article surveys the theories of labor market segmentation as they have been developed in the United States. It distinguishes two broad categories of approaches : The Radical Theory of economists and the New Structuralism of Sociologists. These theories show that differenciations which...

[eng] The book publishing industry, for which we will argue ther market structure is one of oligopoly with a competitive fringe, offers a case study of the relationship between large and small enterprises. The small firms do not at all constitute a homogeneous group characterized by certain...

Using an exhaustive database with labour, accounting and financial market information on French firms (1994-2000), the authors analyse the causes and the consequences of a workforce reduction in 1996 - the year chosen as reference - on firms' performance in a long term perspective. One important...

This paper is an attempt to understand how rules operate in organisations. I focus on the links between organisational routines and rules that are defined as incomplete since they come to their application. I analyse the role of routines in managing the incompleteness of rules. I present a case...

Using a large annual data base of French firms (1994-2000), this article examines the determinants of a workforce reduction of publicly-listed and non-listed companies and their consequences on firm performance. Firstly, workforce reduction appears to be a defensive response to an adverse...

[ger] Verfahren der Arbeiterentlohnung in der Krise : die Frage der strategischen Entscheidungen . (der f ranzôsische Fall), . von Bénédicte Reynaud.. . Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Umbildung der Gestaltungsverfahren bezüglich der Direktlöhne -der Zeit- und individuellen oder...

[eng] Wage Schemes and Labour Relations, . by Bénédicte Reynaud.. . In order to get work of a certain degree of intensity and quality, monetary incentives or hierarchical organization within the firm are two concurrent means that can be used. On the basis of the 1986 survey on the structure of...

In 19th century France, the long working hours, produced worse conditions for the working classes even at times when real wages were increasing. In our view, the analysis of the process of decreasing of working hours, consists of identifying very long working hours as externalities. We show that...