The clothing industry as a globalized sector: implications for work organisation, quality of work and job content

António Moniz and Margarida Paulos (margarida.ramires@gmail.com)

No 13/2009, IET Working Papers Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology

Abstract: The clothing sector in several countries is still seen, in many aspects as a traditional sector with some average characteristics, nevertheless is a very important sector in terms of labour market. Globalization and de-localization are having a strong impact in the organisation of work and in occupational careers. Very few companies are able to keep a position in the market without changes in organisation of work and workers, founding different ways to face this reality according to size, capital and position. We could find two main paths: one where companies outsource production to another territory, close and/or dismissal the workers; other path, where companies up skilled their capacities. This paper will present some results from the European project WORKS – Work organisation and restructuring in the knowledge society (6th Framework Programme), focusing the Portuguese case studies in several clothing companies in a comparative analysis with some other European countries.

Keywords: Clothing Industry; Restructuring; Work; Knowledge Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L16 L23 L67 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2009-06
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