Artikel
How Personal Relations Work: Individual Market Adaptation and Collective Action in Flexible Labour Markets
In the context of a growing detachment of workers from organizations and from traditional forms of interest representation, social networks are considered as an important means of individual risk-coping and for union strategies to improve working conditions and organize workers’ interests. To contribute to a better understanding of industrial relations in flexible labour markets, this paper studies the forms and functions of personal networks in the German film and television industry. The findings of this qualitative study provide insights into the institutional and organizational conditions under which networks facilitate individual strategies, the collective organization or fragmentation of the workforce. Particularly important here are not only the strength of ties, but also vertical versus horizontal relations, and interactions between individual and collective strategies of using personal networks.
- Alternative title
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Wie persönliche Netzwerke funktionieren: Individuelle Marktanpassung und kollektives Handeln in flexiblen Arbeitsmärkten
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: Industrielle Beziehungen ; ISSN: 1862-0035 ; Volume: 20 ; Year: 2013 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 116-141 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
Labor Standards: Working Conditions
Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks
Entertainment; Media
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networks
projects
flexible labour markets
individual risk-coping
union strategies
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Apitzsch, Birgit
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Veröffentlichung
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Rainer Hampp Verlag
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Mering
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2013
- DOI
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doi:10.1688/1862-0035_IndB_2013_02_Apitzsch
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Artikel
Associated
- Apitzsch, Birgit
- Rainer Hampp Verlag
Time of origin
- 2013