WORKS - Work Organisation and Restructuring in the Knowledge Society - is a pan-European research project which aims at improving our understanding of the major changes in work. Taking account of the global forces and of the regional diversity within Europe, the project will investigate the evolving division of labour within and between organisations and the related changes at the workplace.

A synthesis and a pdf file of the following WORKS publications available on the subpages:

- Value chain restructuring in Europe in a global economy

- Value chain restructuring and industrial relations. The role of workplace representation in changing conditions of employment and work

- Value chain restructuring and company strategies to reach flexibility

- Global value chain restructuring and the use of knowledge and skills

- Changing careers and trajectories. How individuals cope with organisational change and restructuring

- Changing patterns of segregation and power relations in the workplace. Results from the WORKS project

- Working time, gender and work-life balance

- Change processes and methodologies of future perspectives on work + annexes

- Changes in work in transformation economies. The case of the new Member States

- Impact of restructuring on health and safety and quality of work life. Psychosocial risks

- The role of technology in value chain restructuring
- The globalisation glossary: a researcher's guide to understanding work organisation restructuring in a knowledge-based society (WP3 - Theories and concepts - glossary)
- The transformation of work in a global knowledge economy: towards a conceptual framework (WP3 - Theories and concepts - final report)

Quantitative analysis

- D15.2: The transformation of work? A quantitative evaluation of change in work in Belgium, France, Germany, the UK, Greece, Italy, New Member States, Portugal and Scandinavia
- D8.2: Comparative analysis of organisation surveys in Europe. Literature review of secondary analysis

- D9.2: The transformation of work?
Part 1: Tracing employment in business functions. A sectoral and occupational approach

Part 2: Trends in work organisation (03/12/07: updated version with new analyses and results based on the data of the last wave of EWCS2005)

Part 3: Work flexibility in Europe: a sectoral and occupational description of trends in work hours, part-time work, temporary work, and self-employment

Part 4: Occupational change in Europe

Part 5: A quantitative evaluation of the shape of employment in Europe
Introduction and executive summaries

- D9.1: The transformation of work? A quantitative evaluation of the shape of employment in Europe

Digital toolkit

Qualitative research

- Restructuring across value chains and changes in work and employment. Case study evidence from the Clothing, Food, IT and Public Sector

- How restructering is changing occupations? Case study evidence from knowledge-intensive, manufacturing and service occupations

Policy, institutions and social dialogue

- Challenges for Europe under value chain restructuring. Contributions to policy debates

- Deliverable 5.1 WORKS Policy Pillar - Workshop summary

General project results

- Understanding a changing world of work: Resource pack for union training on value chain restructuring

- Conference proceedings of the final WORKS conference 'Fragmentation: the future of work in Europe in a global economy', Rome, 8-9 October 2008

- Conference proceedings of the 1st WORKS conference 'The transformation of work in a global knowledge economy: towards a conceptual framework', Chania - Greece, 21-22 September 2006