Les entreprises à 35 heures ont-elles toutes intérêt à utiliser le dispositif de modulation/annualisation ?

Abstract

The modulation/annualisation device is the most frequent 35-hour firms?organisational change. The aim of this paper is to point out the main determinants of such an organisational choice by using French firms individual data: the passages survey. Firms are assumed to be in an uncertain environment where organisational choice has a strategic value. The theoretical and empirical analysis show that modulation/annualisation organisational choice depends on the trade off between four elements: the demand volatility, the costs to sep up the modulation/annualisation device, the bargaining process and the competitors?organisational choices.