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Measuring Labour Flexibility in Organisation Surveys

Measuring Labour Flexibility in Organisation Surveys. Lessons from the Flemish PASO-surveys. Stijn Gryp & Geert Van Hootegem (CESO) Workshop Works, 22-02-2006 (HIVA). The PASO-surveys. Economy wide (Flanders) Establishments with 1+ employee(s) Panelsurvey using mail (1-9) and web (10+).

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Measuring Labour Flexibility in Organisation Surveys

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  1. Measuring Labour Flexibility in Organisation Surveys Lessons from the Flemish PASO-surveys Stijn Gryp & Geert Van Hootegem (CESO) Workshop Works, 22-02-2006 (HIVA)

  2. The PASO-surveys • Economy wide (Flanders) • Establishments with 1+ employee(s) • Panelsurvey using mail (1-9) and web (10+) • 2002 : Labour Organisation • 2003 : Human Resource Management • 2004 : Corporate Entrepreneurship

  3. Labour flexibility in PASO • Wave 1 and 2 • Three major flexibility strategies • contractual (use; share) • temporal (use; share) • functional (use; typology team work) • Flexibility needs • market situation; output characteristics; job and organisational characteristics

  4. General observation • Labour flexibility profiles • multiple use of labour flexibility measures • Simple characteristics  typologies • e.g. diversity in team work • ‘Share of employment’-questions • quantitative image of labour flexibility in organisations

  5. Agency and temporary work: functional equivalents?

  6. Substantive issues • ‘Share of employment’-questions • detail  validity & reliability // item non-respons • no volume indication • single moment in time • Keeping track with change • What is a suitable interval ? • Meaning of concepts • e.g. team work, task roulation

  7. Substantive issues • Flexibility profiles on establishment level • no information on job level or for specific types of workers  necessity of employee survey • indirect view on segmentation • Legal and other differences Economy wide questions

  8. Methodological issues • Measurement level of labour flexibility • dichotomous • “many organisations use”  to less diversity • numerical • detail  validity vs. reliability • change to lower level ?

  9. Methodological issues • Item non-respons • systematic ? • sources • question mode • respondent • available sources • stable unstable/changing organisations

  10. Measuring Labour Flexibility in Organisation Surveys Questions, comments ... discussion. Stijn Gryp & Geert Van Hootegem (CESO) Workshop Works, 22-02-2006 (HIVA)

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