Zeitschrift für Personalforschung

Editorial

New scientific publishers have emerged dealing with personal management and organizational leadership. Publishers added from the beginning of 2009 are introduced - Marion Festing, Christian Grund, Michael Muller-Camen and Thomas Spengler.

Aging Workforce Management in the Automobile Industry: Defining the Concept and Its Constituting Elements**

This paper presents the results of a grounded theory study on the automobile industry aimed at developing a concept of aging workforce management by identifying and constructing its constituting elements. Through an in-depth research investigation, it answers the question of how the challenge of an aging workforce can be defined, and the related broader managerial issues that arise in the context of one specific industry. Our findings suggest that the quest for 'competitiveness' is the major ...

Abhängige Selbständigkeit in Der Versicherungswirtschaft - Neue Konflikte Im Spannungsfeld Traditioneller Vertretungsstrukturen**

The shift towards hierarchical governance structures of outsourcing relationships has led to an increase in dependent forms of self-employment. These forms of work which are a grey area between dependent employment and self-employment pose a new challenge to the traditional organisational logic of capital and labour. On the basis of an in-depth case study in the Austrian insurance industry, this paper analyses the new challenges to trade unions and business associations. We conclude that the ...

Rationalität Betrieblicher Gesundheitsförderung in Der Unternehmenskommunikation. Eine Analyse von Begründungen Für Gesundheitsförderungsprogramme in Österreich**

The contemporary debate on corporate health care focuses on voluntary activities which usually involve additional costs for companies. Referring to the concept of rationalized myth in sociological new institutionalism this paper investigates rationales for corporate health care in the Austrian context. Based on a causal mapping analysis of accounts on health care purposes in project reports of 40 Austrian companies the study analyzes how companies rationalize their activities with accounts of...

Vorbemerkung Research Note

Interim Management, Den Unternehmenswandel Erfolgreich Gestalten - Mit Managern Auf Zeit

The book Interim Management, den Unternehmenswandel erfolgreich gestalten - mit Managern auf Zeit Vahlen by Holger Gross and Robert Bohnert is reviewed.

Verhaltensannahmen Der Transaktionskostentheorie

The book Verhaltens annahmen der Transaktionskostentheorie by Matthias Schramm is reviewed.

Auf Halbem Weg. Die Studien- Und Arbeitsmarktsituation von Ökonominnen

The book Auf halbem Weg. Die Stuthen- und Arbeitsmarktsituation von Ökonominnen by Andrea-Hilla Carl, Friederike Maier and Dorothea Schmidt is reviewed.

Research Note

Jobpräferenzen Und Arbeitsplatzwechsel**

Many previous studies try to discover job preferences through the direct questioning of employees. As there is doubt as to the validity of such studies for actual behaviour, this empirical examination offers a different approach based on representative German data. Employees who quit their job and find a new one compare the two jobs with respect to eight job characteristics: type of work, pay, chances of promotion, work load, commuting time, working hour regulations, fringe benefits and secur...