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The eWork relocation process, Stage 3: Outcomes

The main outcomes of the relocation process, seen from the perspective of regional development, show the two types of likely net job change (Flecker and Kirschenhofer, 2002):

3a) job expansion

business functions come to be located in more places (precisely where depends upon a mix of regional and company specific objectives). This tends to lead to an overall expansion in work, ie job gain in destination regions, with maybe some job loss, in source regions. Thus, business functions tend to:

1. decentralise in the case of organisational change

2. complement existing functions in the case of a specific one-off measure.

3b) job reduction

business functions come to be located in fewer, often one place (precisely where depends upon a mix of regional and company specific objectives). This tends to lead to an overall reduction of work, ie job loss in source regions, although this may be partially counter-balanced by some job gain in destination regions. Thus, business functions tend to:

1. concentrate in the case of organisational change

2. replace existing functions in the case of a specific one-off measure.

The interplay of causes, objectives and outcomes of eWork relocation produce eight different eWork relocation process outcomes.

Move your mouse over this diagram and click to find out more; examples are provided for each outcome.

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