Globalizing employment relations : multinational firms and Central and Eastern Europe transitions /

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Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description:xi, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8297837
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Other authors / contributors:Contrepois, Sylvie.
ISBN:9780230252431
0230252435
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"A unique exploration of the contributions made by multinational corporations to the difficult labour market transitions towards full integration of Central and Eastern Europe members of the European Union. This book considers the roles played by US, British and German multinational companies (MNCs) in Central and Eastern Europe"--
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Author Details
  • Globalizing Employment Relations and Crisis: Multinational Companies and Central and Eastern European Transitions and Transfers
  • Part I. Foreign Direct Investment, Multinationals and Employment Relations Transfers
  • 1. US Multinationals and Collective Representation in European Subsidiaries: Institutional Resistance and Accommodation
  • 2. The Social Transfers of Multinationals in Central Europe: British, US, Austrian and German Experiences Reviewed
  • 3. Manufacturing and Services FDI Trajectories: Colonial Perceptions and Union Opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Part II. Employment Relations in Different Sectors in Central and Eastern Europe
  • 4. Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Automobiles and Finance in Central and Eastern Europe
  • 5. MNCs, Human Resource Management and Social Dialogue in the Central and Eastern European Food Industry
  • 6. Exporting the German Work Model to Central and Eastern Europe
  • Part III. Multinationals and Host Countries in the Crisis
  • 7. Employment Relations and the Opening Up to MNCs in Hungary
  • 8. How French Are French MNCs in Hungary? A Comparison of Two Service Sector Firms
  • 9. MNCs and the Transformation of Bulgarian Employment Relations
  • 10. Polish Employment Relations Under the Challenge of French Foreign Direct Investment
  • 11. Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the Baltic States - Crisis, Conflict and Compromise
  • Part IV. European Social Integration, MNCs and Change
  • 12. Internationalizing Firms and Employee Representation: French Multinationals in Central and Eastern Europe
  • 13. Central and Eastern European Social Models and the Challenge of Change
  • 14. Is Central and Eastern Europe a Laboratory for New Forms of Employment Relations?
  • Index