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Table 1 Operationalisation of labour commodification

From: The commodification of mobile workers in Europe - a comparative perspective on capital and labour in Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden

Degree of power

 Elements

Defined as

Indicators

  Individual strategies

Investment or compliance strategies for labour agency

Valuation of labour agency (Independency and autonomy in work decisions, information, trade union membership, voice)

  Corporate strategies

The use of resources to invest in labour agency

Fulfilment and valuation of agency conditions (Autonomy in work floor decisions, accessibility of information, trade union membership)

Value of work

 Elements

Defined as

Indicators

  Individual strategies

Investment or compliance strategies for labour activity

Valuation of primary and secondary labour conditions (wages, information, contractual and collective agreements)

  Corporate strategies

The usage of resources for development or investment in labour

Fulfilment and valuation of primary and secondary labour conditions (wages, information, contractual and collective agreements)