Fragmenting Work Blurring Organizational Boundaries and Disordering Hierarchies

by Marchington, Mick; Grimshaw, Damian; Rubery, Jill; Willmott, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9780199262236
• ISBN10: 0199262233
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This title includes the following features: Moves beyond the boundariesof single-employer organizations to analyze the contemporary reality for manyorganizations today; Deals with public-private partnerships, franchises, andagency employees; Draws on rich and detailed case studies and interviews;Explores issues of inter-organizational relationships and coordination

Table of Contents

List of Boxes	ix
List of Tables	x
List of Figures	xi
List of Abbreviations	xii
List of Contributors	xiv
Introduction: Fragmenting Work Across Organizational Boundaries	1	(31)
Damian Grimshaw
Mick Marchington
Jill Rubery
Hugh Willmott
Appendix: Glossary of Organizations	32	(7)
Inter-Organizational Networks: Trust, Power, and the Employment Relationship	39	(24)
Damian Grimshaw
Hugh Willmott
Jill Rubery
Blurring the Boundaries to the Employment Relationship: From Single to Multi-Employer Relationships	63	(26)
Jill Rubery
Jill Earnshaw
Mick Marchington
The Strategic Management of Contracting in the Private Sector	89	(22)
Marilyn Carroll
Steven Vincent
John Hassard
Fang Lee Cooke
Public-Private Contracting: Performance, Power, and Change at Work	111	(24)
Damian Grimshaw
Gail Hebson
The Role of Boundary-Spanning Agents in Inter-Organizational Contracting	135	(22)
Mick Marchington
Steven Vincent
Fang Lee Cooke
Employment Policy and Practice: Crossing Borders and Disordering Hierarchies	157	(22)
Jill Rubery
Jill Earnshaw
Commitment and Identity Across Organizational Boundaries	179	(20)
Fang Lee Cooke
Gail Hebson
Marilyn Carroll
Changing Boundaries, Shaping Skills: The Fragmented Organizational Form and Employee Skills	199	(18)
Irena Grugulis
Steven Vincent
Gender and New Organizational Forms	217	(22)
Gail Hebson
Irena Grugulis
Prospects for Worker Voice Across Organizational Boundaries	239	(22)
Mick Marchington
Jill Rubery
Fang Lee Cooke
Conclusion: Redrawing Boundaries, Reflecting on Practice and Policy	261	(28)
Damian Grimshaw
Mick Marchington
Jill Rubery
Hugh Willmott
References	289	(20)
Index	309