Invisible Chain

JEAN PIERRE DURAND is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Centre de Recherches Pierre Naville, at the University of Paris-Evry, France. He is the co-author of After Fordism, Teamwork in the Automobile Industry and Living Labour: Life of the Line at Peugeot-France.

• List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Reforming Corporate Structures: Integrating Reticular Reasoning and Tight Flows The Tight Flow Rules: Work under Time Constraints The Competency Model The Reshaping of Labour: Tight Flow and the Mobilization of Employees The Fragmentation of the Labour Market and the Mobilization of Employees Information Technology and the Service Industry: White-Collar Work More Difficult but More Interesting Work? Intensification and Autonomy Unionism and Globalization Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index