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

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

Inmaculada Beltrán Martín
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781466616011|ISBN10: 1466616016|EISBN13: 9781466616028
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1601-1.ch077
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Martín, Inmaculada Beltrán. "Toward a Unifying Framework for Defining Internal Human Resource Flexibility: A Proposal Based on the Resource-Based View Approach." Human Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 1280-1308. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1601-1.ch077

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Martín, I. B. (2012). Toward a Unifying Framework for Defining Internal Human Resource Flexibility: A Proposal Based on the Resource-Based View Approach. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Human Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1280-1308). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1601-1.ch077

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Martín, Inmaculada Beltrán. "Toward a Unifying Framework for Defining Internal Human Resource Flexibility: A Proposal Based on the Resource-Based View Approach." In Human Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1280-1308. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1601-1.ch077

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Abstract

A flexible 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 of the 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).

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