Call for Papers: “Workplace Flexibility” – Special Issue of “Management Revue”

“Call for Papers: Workplace Flexibility
 
Guest Editors: Sascha Ruhle, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany); Stefan Süß, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (Germany)
Special Issue
Flexibility has been an ongoing issue for various fields of research and practice and a considerable amount of literature dealing with the concept of flexibility has developed. This diversity has led to various perspectives on dimensions and aspects of flexibility. However, two major fields of flexibility can be distinguished. The organizational perspective understands workplace flexibility as the degree of adaptability of an organization in an uncertain and changing environment (Dastmalchian & Blyton 2001). In addition, workplace flexibility can encompass the individual perspective of the workforce, especially the degree of flexibility regarding aspects of where, when, and how work is performed (Hill et al. 2008). Within both streams of research, various aspects of flexibility have been addressed, such as organizational structures (Feldman & Pentland 2003), type of employment (Lepak et
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