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The Invisible Chain

Constraints and Opportunities in the New World of Employment

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Jean-Pierre Durand

    1. University of Paris-Evry, France

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 1-6

  3. Reforming Corporate Structures: Integrating Reticular Reasoning and Tight Flows

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 7-26

  4. The Tight Flow Rules: Work under Time Constraints

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 27-56

  5. The Competency Model

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 57-72

  6. The Reshaping of Labour: Tight Flow and the Mobilization of Employees

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 73-92

  7. The Fragmentation of the Labour Market and the Mobilization of Employees

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 93-111

  8. Information Technology and the Service Industry: White-Collar Work

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 112-140

  9. More Difficult but More Interesting Work? Intensification and Autonomy

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 141-166

  10. Unionism and Globalization

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 167-198

  11. Conclusion

    • Jean-Pierre Durand
    Pages 199-208

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 209-242
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About this book

Companies and work have undergone significant change, and a new productive model has emerged. This book shows how the model works, showing its high degree of coherence in terms of the integration of functions within companies. This book creates a new and challenging theory of services, rooted in the concrete experience of workshops and offices.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Paris-Evry, France

    Jean-Pierre Durand

About the author

JEAN PIERRE DURAND is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Centre de Recherches Pierre Naville, at the University of Paris-Evry, France. He is the co-author of After Fordism, Teamwork in the Automobile Industry and Living Labour: Life of the Line at Peugeot-France.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Invisible Chain

  • Book Subtitle: Constraints and Opportunities in the New World of Employment

  • Authors: Jean-Pierre Durand

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286900

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Jean-Pierre Durand and Nikhil Virani 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-01363-6Published: 31 May 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28690-0Published: 31 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 242

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Management, Labor Economics, International Economics

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