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| Author: | Beltran-Martin, I. (et al.) |
| Title: | Internal labour flexibility from a resource-based view approach: definition and proposal of a measurement scale |
| Journal: | International journal of human resource management
2009 : JUL, VOL. 20:7, p. 1576-1598 |
| Index terms: | human resource management organizational change labour supply flexibility measurement companies Spain |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The current competitive environments' dynamics motivate managers to identify sources of flexibility (henceforth as: flex-y) based on the organization's human resources (HR). Currently, there are many competing definitions of the construct of internal labour flex-y (here as: i-l-f.), along with a variety of operationalisations. This study aims to address some of the limitations by theoretically conceptualising and empirically validating a scale to measure i-l-f. from the resource-based view (RBV). The application of structural equation modelling to a sample of over 220 Spanish firms confirm the suggested dimensionality of the i-l-f. scale, distinguishing between employees' intrinsic flex-y, skill adaptivity, behavioural adaptivity and relational flex-y. Tests of reliability and validity confirm the appropriateness of this measurement scale. |
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