Working-life Time Accounts in German Companies: New Opportunities for Structuring Working Hours and Careers?

Wotschack, Philip; Hildebrandt, Eckart

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“…Particularly in the industrial sector, measures of functional flexibility have frequently been implemented to increase labour productivity and innovation potential over the past decades (Lehndorff et al, 2009). In addition, temporal flexibility measures, particularly working time accounts, have been widely implemented by employers to avoid layoffs (Reisenbichler and Morgan, 2012;Wotschack and Hildebrandt, 2008). During the recent financial crisis, German firms mainly used flexible working time measures to adjust personnel capacities (Lallement, 2011).…”

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Flexibility, performance and perceptions of job security: a comparison of East and West German employees in standard employment relationships

Bernhardt

Krause

2013

Work, Employment and Society

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This article examines the determinants of perceived job security in German standard employment relationships (SER). Although SERs still dominate and shape the labour market, they have undergone several modifications in the recent past. Using survey data from 2006, the article examines how work organizations and particularly multiple workplace demands influence the perceived job security of employees in SERs. The article also asks whether -20 years after reunification -structural and cultural differences still exist between East and West Germany. The results show that employees in East German SERs are more willing to accept flexibility and performance requirements. The article suggests that a new psychological contract has emerged, which promises long-term employment only if employees eventually meet the new workplace demands. Yet the overall lower job security of East Germans, fuelled by lower trust in their employers' information policies, indicates the fragile nature of this arrangement.

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Flexibility, performance and perceptions of job security: a comparison of East and West German employees in standard employment relationships

Bernhardt

Krause

2013

Work, Employment and Society

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“…Moreover, leave saving options were predominantly used for early retirement and less often for care or training. This contradicts the idea of a better work-life balance, improved employability, and a prolonged working life due to a more flexible distribution of time over the life course (Wotschack and Hildebrandt 2008;Seifert et al 2013).…”

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Leave saving options over the life course – only for the highly skilled? Evidence from two German best-practice companies

Wotschack

2017

European Societies

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“…30 See, for instance, Delsen/ Smits (2009), Roman (2006, Wotschack/ Hildebrandt (2008). 31 Another reason for the discrepancy between 'nominal' and 'effective' employment rate could be institutional.…”

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Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe

Schmid

2010

SSRN Journal

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Working-life Time Accounts in German Companies: New Opportunities for Structuring Working Hours and Careers?

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Flexibility, performance and perceptions of job security: a comparison of East and West German employees in standard employment relationships

Flexibility, performance and perceptions of job security: a comparison of East and West German employees in standard employment relationships

Leave saving options over the life course – only for the highly skilled? Evidence from two German best-practice companies

Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe

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