The Dynamics of Labour Flexibility: Relationships between Employment Type and Innovativeness
研究灵活用工实践与创新性的关系，发现内部灵活性与创新正相关，而外部灵活性取决于员工类型：短期雇佣负相关，咨询/合同工正相关。知识转移相关的实践受环境动态性调节。
abstract This paper investigates the relationship between flexible human resource (HR) practices and innovativeness. Testing the research model in a sample of first‐tier automotive suppliers indicates that internal flexibility practices are positively related to innovativeness. Regarding external flexibility, the association depends on the type of contingent employee: negative association for ‘short‐term hires’ and positive association for ‘consulting/contracting firms’. The relationships to innovativeness for practices associated with knowledge transfer are moderated by environmental dynamism, but the non‐knowledge related practices are not. Firms in highly dynamic environments can benefit more from flexible HR practices than firms in less dynamic environments.