1st Edition
Labour Relations in Central Europe The Impact of Multinationals' Money
Edited By Jochen Tholen
Copyright 2007
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since 1990, foreign direct investment (FDI) has quickened economic modernization in Central Europe. State of the art management techniques and cutting edge technology have been introduced in many cases. Labour Relations is an essential factor in the organization of labour and production. At the start of the process industrial relations were characterized by the conditions existing under the... Read more
Contents: Study concept, hypotheses and approach; Analytical reference points; Investments by West European companies and industrial relations in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia as underlying conditions; The views of the actors on the supra-company levels: results of the expert interviews in the countries of origin and host countries of investment and on the EU level; The 9 West European multinationals: different patterns of the impact on the industrial relations in their CEE subsidiaries; Conclusions; References; Name index; Subject index.
Biography
Jochen Tholen is Senior Researcher and Departmental Head of the Institute Labour and Economy at the University of Bremen, Germany.
