# Kalmarian

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Being or relating to a labour paradigm involving a mutualization of the responsibility for employment (among businesses, unions, government, etc.) and relatively little hierarchical structure.

## Etymology
From Kalmar + -ian, after the Swedish city where this approach was used in a Volvo car factory in the 1970s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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