Competition for control over the labour process as a driver of relocation of activities to a shared services centre
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F18%3A00102086" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/18:00102086 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0018726717727047" target="_blank" >http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0018726717727047</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726717727047" target="_blank" >10.1177/0018726717727047</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Competition for control over the labour process as a driver of relocation of activities to a shared services centre
Original language description
New approaches to studying multinational corporations sensitive to issues of power and politics often neglect the way power and politics in corporations shape workplaces, specifically labour processes and modes of their control. The article presents a case study of a firm’s relocation of activities to a shared services centre. The relationships among the shared services centre, its client departments and the headquarters involve an ongoing combination of cooperation and competition, resulting in increased managerial control over labour processes and changes in corporate governance. The shared services centre established as a support unit aims to strengthen its position in the organizational structure by gaining control over labour processes and their modification. Competition with client departments for control over labour processes leads to the introduction of controlling mechanisms, norms and standards both in the centre and in client departments. These rules, on the one hand, limit uncertainty; on the other hand, they drive the fragmentation of labour processes, rendering them more codifiable and less complex. These effects make labour processes easier to control and, eventually, to relocate, which is advantageous for the headquarters. Changes in labour processes thus shape the relationships within the corporation and the space for power struggles and politics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50400 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Human Relations
ISSN
0018-7267
e-ISSN
1741-282X
Volume of the periodical
71
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
822-844
UT code for WoS article
000432071300004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85046907738