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Flexibility, atypical work and telework
- research, surveys, publications and contributions to lifelong education |
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Overview of research activities
Flexibility is a key trend in changes in work. Flexibility transforms work organisation, labour relations, work rhythms, skills and competences. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are at the core of these trends. Telework is a particular case of flexible work pattern linked to ICT. Several research projects have been conducted on these subjects:
- The European project FLEXCOT (Flexible work practices and communication technologies, 1998-2000), for the 4th European RTD framework programme - archived project web site in English.
- A study for the Federal Ministry of Employment, on "ICT and its impacts on employment and quality of work" (2001-2002) - Final report downloadable in French (PDF, 1.2 Mb)
- A study for the Walloon Council of Science Policy on "New technology and new work forms in the printing and publishing industry" (2002) - downloadable report in French.
- A survey on flexibility, individualisation and workers' expectations, for the CNE trade union Namur Luxembourg (2001) - Report "La flexibilité du travail : un défi collectif"
!downloadable in French.
- A survey on women and atypical work, for the CSC trade union (2001) Report "Le
travail atypique, résultats d'enquête", downloadable in French.
Detailed information about these projects and publications can be found on the corresponding page in French.
Articles and reports in English
- Vendramin P., Valenduc G., ICT,
flexible working and quality of life, in the proceedings
of "Unity and diversity: the contribution of the social
sciences and the humanities to the European Research Area",
European Commission (EUR 20484), Brussels, 2002, pp. 186-191.
Dowloadable [Downloadable
PDF]
- Valenduc G., Vendramin P., Telework : from
distance working to new forms of flexible work organisation,
in Transfer
- European Review of Labour and Research, vol. 7 n°
2, Brussels, July 2001, pp. 244-257.
- Vendramin P., Valenduc G., Rolland
I. (FTU), Richardson R., Gillespie A., Belt V. (CURDS), Carré
D., Maugéri S., Combès Y. (LabSIC), Ponzellini
A., Pedersini R., Neri S. (Fond. Seveso), Flexible
work practices and communication technology, Report
for the European Commission, SOE1-CT97-1064, DG Research,
TSER/Improving programme, Brussels, February 2000. Full final report (164 pages, Downloadable
PDF)
- Vendramin P., Valenduc G., New work forms
and challenges for public policies, in "Making Telework
work for all", Proceedings of the 6th European Assembly
on "Telework and new ways of working", European Commission,
July 2000, pp. 31-39 [Downloadable PDF].
- Gillespie A., Richardson R.,
Valenduc G., Vendramin P., Technology induced
atypical work-forms, report for the Office of technology
assessment of the European Parliament (STOA), Brussels, April
1999. [Downloadable
PDF]
- Valenduc G., Vendramin P., Telework and
non-standard ways of working, in the Proceedings of the conference
"Telework
strategies for the new workforce", International
Flexwork Forum, Tokyo, Sept. 1999.
- Vendramin P., Valenduc G., Telework in the
scenarios of the future of work, in Proceedings of the
Fifth European assembly on telework and new ways of working
(Telework 98), DG XIII and APTD, Lisbon, Sept. 1998 [Document
PDF].
- Valenduc G., Vendramin P., A social approach
to flexibility in distance working, in Suomi R. & al.
(Eds.) Teleworking Environments, University of Turku (Finland),
Sept. 1998.
Contributions to lifelong education activities (in French)
Several interventions and contributions on flexibility and atypical work are realised in FTU activities of lifelong education. "Lifelong education notes" on those topics are downloadable from the FTU web site for lifelong education (in French only):
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