Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78994 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] Management Revue [ISSN:] 1861-9916 [Volume:] 22 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Rainer Hampp Verlag [Place:] Mering [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 221-239
Publisher: 
Rainer Hampp Verlag, Mering
Abstract: 
This paper offers a theoretical exploration and empirical outlook towards a triptych heretofore not properly investigated: atypical work (e.g., self-employed, agency workers, and workers with a fixed-term contract), participation within the firm, and innovation. How, it must be asked, can and will atypical workers contribute to innovation through participation within the firm or, from another angle, how can participation within the firm contribute to atypical workers willingness to express innovative behavior? For the answer researchers have to learn far more about two distinct groups of atypical workers: 'external knowledge workers' who are highly educated and explicitly hired for innovation, and 'ordinary atypical workers' who are neither highly educated nor hired for innovational purposes. For two reasons, the focus here is on the latter: we (1) presume and show, in contrast to what many scholars assume, that ordinary atypical workers can contribute to innovation in a direct and positive way, and (2) argue that participation within the firm is the key for these workers potential contribution to innovation.
Subjects: 
atypical work
flexible labour
freelancers
fixed-term contracts
temp agency work
(direct and representative) participation within the firm
social and technical innovation
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