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The Operation of Internal Labor Markets

Staffing Practices and Vacancy Chains

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  • © 1995

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  1. Lawrence T. Pinfield

    1. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

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Part of the book series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry (SSWI)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. An Introduction to Internal Labor Markets and ForestCo

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Operation of Internal Labor Markets

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 3-28

    3. ForestCo

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 29-57

  3. Vacancy Chain Perspectives on Internal Labor Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Vacancy Chains as Bundles of Staffing Actions

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 61-77

    3. Minimal Vacancy Chains

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 79-103

    4. Medium-Length Vacancy Chains

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      Pages 105-138

    5. Long Vacancy Chains

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 139-161

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 163-167
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  5. Staffing Action Perspectives on Internal Labor Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-171
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    2. Staffing Practices as Internal Labor Market Processes

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 173-201

    3. Staffing as an Administered Process

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 203-224

    4. Organizational Staffing and the Posting Process

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 225-250

    5. Criteria Used to Evaluate Different Candidates

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 251-278

    6. Postselection Considerations of Staffing

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 279-303

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 305-310
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  7. Summary and Review

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
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    2. The Operation of Internal Labor Markets

      • Lawrence T. Pinfield
      Pages 313-342

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 343-356
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About this book

Employment systems consist of complex arrays of formal and informal rules that structure the relationships between employees and employers. There are many different types of employment systems. Some are specified in considerable detail in collectively bargained quasilegal employment contracts, while others are left to discretion. This book describes the latter type of employment system-one in which there is an active market for knowl­ edge and skills. This is the salaried employment system of ForestCo-a large multiplant manufacturing company in the forest products industry. Here, supervisors and managers actively adjust the jobs and persons under their authority to meet the market, social, and institutional forces that influence the activities and performance of their departments. The study of employment systems is a relatively recent phenomenon, and few prior studies or theories were found to guide this investigation. Neither the scope nor the components of employment system studies are yet established. The field is confused and contested. Nevertheless, there is related literature which can be used to focus attention on different features of employment systems. One emerging body of work that holds the most promise for the study of employment systems is internal labor market (lLM) theory.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

    Lawrence T. Pinfield

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Operation of Internal Labor Markets

  • Book Subtitle: Staffing Practices and Vacancy Chains

  • Authors: Lawrence T. Pinfield

  • Series Title: Springer Studies in Work and Industry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1019-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45046-4Published: 30 September 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1021-9Published: 29 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1019-6Published: 22 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 356

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Archaeology, Sociology, general

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