Alan Felstead|Duncan Gallie
For better or worse? Non-standard jobs and high involvement work systems
University of Leicester
last couple decades coreperiphery models employment dominated debate organizational responsiveness change recently however researchers also turned attention organizational reforms seek involve engage empower workers jobs paper addresses two related questions emerge debates nonstandard jobs lowly skilled insecure high involvement work systems make things better worse drawing 2001 skills survey paper presents evidence comprehensive uptodate information currently available britain paper finds respects parttime workers temporary contracts especially contracts uncertain duration lowly skilled jobs temporary contacts suffer relatively high levels insecurity despite nonstandard employees appear gain fulltime permanent employees part high involvement work system parttimers particular benefit increased level skills workplaces demand types temporary employees take additional benefit enhanced employment security workplaces associated