Job Security and Flexibility

This book examines, through an innovative conceptual approach, the relationship between job security and job flexibility. The concept of job flexicurity is presented to highlight the dynamics of the labour market. The concepts of rigidity, security, flexibility and plasticity are investigated to explore the interplay between different employee considerations. It provides readers with a new configuration of the dynamics of labour market mechanisms and emphasizes the influence of the concept of positional (vector) flexicurity. The important economic impact is demonstrated both on the employer (optimization of the structure of the employees, depending on their qualification and productivity) and the employee (the possibility - without prohibitive costs - to change the job to optimize their reward). Particular attention is paid to the Romanian labour market with an empirical case study that extends the ideas discussed.
The book, both theoretically and instrumentally, will be relevant for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in labour economics and the labour market.
Emil Dinga is Senior Researcher for fundamental research in Economics at the Romanian Academy and supervisor for doctoral and post-doctoral programs in economics. His innovative researches on Theoretical Economics, Philosophy of Social Sciences, Epistemology and Economic Cybernetics, was rewarded in 2022, by the Romanian Academy with the "Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen" Prize.
Monica Florica Dutcaș is Researcher, Human Resources Expert, and Management Consultant. Her academic work takes place at a research centre of the Romanian Academy and focuses on public policies mix regarding the labour market, theme of the doctoral thesis. Her entire work targets helping companies and employees to achieve organizational transformation.

Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu is PhD in Management at Bucharest's University of Economics Studies, and now is a PhD student at the Romanian Academy's School of Advanced Studies. She authored a number of scientific papers and book chapters on economic and social issues. Her research interests include social justice, social innovation, and economic and social inequality.