Toward a Unifying Framework for Defining Internal Human Resource Flexibility: A Proposal Based on the Resource-Based View Approach

• Autores: Inmaculada Beltrán Martín
• Localización: Human Resource Management in the Digital Economy: Creating Synergy between Competency Models and Information / coord. por Susana de Juana Espinosa, José Antonio Fernández Sánchez, Encarnación Manresa Marhuenda, Jorge Valdés Conca, 2012, ISBN 978-1-61350-207-5, pág. 1
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Aflexible workforce is emerging as a critical success factor to counteract certain organizational rigidities and to guarantee organizational competitiveness in challenging environments .This chapter provides a review ofthe relevant definitions and classifications of human resource (HR) flexibility that have appeared during recent years. Furthermore, the chapter presents a definition of internal HR flexibility based on the resource-based view approach. From this perspective, HR flexibility is defined as a multidimensional concept. Specifically, this chapter assumes that employees are flexible when they show intrinsic flexibility (i.e. they can easily move between tasks and roles), modification flexibility (i.e. they alter their skills and/or behaviors to adapt to new circumstances), and relational flexibility (i.e. they participate in collaborative activities).