Embedded Flexibility Strategies and Diversity within National Institutional Frameworks: How many Flexibility Profiles are in the German Model?

Stefan Kirchner

doi:10.5771/0935-9915-2013-1-12

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- 1–4 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–4
- 5–11 Societal Prerequisites and Consequences of Human Resource Management Werner Nienhueser Werner Nienhueser 5–11
- 12–29 Embedded Flexibility Strategies and Diversity within National Institutional Frameworks: How many Flexibility Profiles are in the German Model? Stefan Kirchner Stefan Kirchner 12–29
- 30–52 Performance Principle and Organizational Compensation Practice in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis: A Discourse-analytical Study Ronald Hartz, Gabriele Fassauer Ronald Hartz, Gabriele Fassauer 30–52
- 53–70 Corporate Dieting. Persuasive Use of Metaphors in Downsizing Heiko Hoßfeld Heiko Hoßfeld 53–70
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Embedded Flexibility Strategies and Diversity within National Institutional Frameworks: How many Flexibility Profiles are in the German Model?

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Stefan Kirchner

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2013-1-12
- ISSN: 0935-9915
- ISSN online: 1861-9908
Abstract

The varieties of capitalism approach (VoC) and the related research assume that German firms adopt an internal flexibility profile that corresponds with the national institutional framework. Recent empirical studies, however, have found substantial diversity in realized firm-level strategies. This article investigates the actual distribution of flexibility practices in German establishments. Latent class analysis revealed four flexibility profiles, including a dual profile that combines internal and external flexibility as well as a low flexibility profile that is characterized by an overall low importance of flexibility practices. The distribution points to significant diversity of flexibility profiles within the German economy and emphasizes the role of industry and firm size as crucial factors for the externalization of flexibility and a growing dualism within the German economy.
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