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The impact of changing market requirements on dock labour employment systems in northwest European seaports
Notteboom, T.E. (2018). The impact of changing market requirements on dock labour employment systems in northwest European seaports. Int. J. Shipp. Transp. Logist. 10(4): 429-454. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijstl.2018.093457
In: International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics. Inderscience Publishers: Olney. ISSN 1756-6517; e-ISSN 1756-6525, meer
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dock labour, labour performance, productivity, Europe, market dynamics |
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This paper contributes to existing dock labour literature by presenting a market-driven perspective on the organisation of dock work in light of changing market requirements. We conceptualise how changing market requirements affect the characteristics and the design of dock labour employment systems in seaports. The demand for a high dock labour performance is decomposed into three underlying dimensions: labour productivity, cost efficiency and more qualitative factors such as labour flexibility and service delivery. The internal organisation of dock labour takes place within a wider setting of legal and social conditions and the state of technology. Using the conceptual framework, we analyse how terminal operators try to meet changing market requirements through the deployment of new technology and advances in dock labour organisation. We provide empirical evidence by zooming in on the evolution of dock labour arrangements and employment systems in a number of northwest European ports. |
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