Labour Relations in Central Europe
Subtitle: the Impact of Multinationals' Money
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781351154444
Subjects: Industrial relations; International business enterprises; Relations industrielles; Entreprises multinationales
Description: "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 previous planned economies or - as with "greenfield" investments - had to be entirely reconfigured. In the case of investments by West European companies, this book reveals various emerging models of industrial relations but also a clear tendency towards company centralization. For the time being the European Works Council still plays a subordinate role despite its potential fundamental role as mediator between East and West. Empirically nine corporations from the metal/automotive industry, the chemical, energy and food processing industries (with their subsidiaries in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) are considered."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Study Concept, Hypotheses and Approach  -- Jochen Tholen Ludovit Czíria Eike Hemmer Wieslawa Kozek Zdenka Mansfeldová; title: chapter 2 Analytical Reference Points  -- Jochen Tholen Ludovit Czíria Eike Hemmer Wieslawa Kozek Zdenka Mansfeldová; title: chapter 3 Investments by West European Companies and Industrial Relations in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia as Underlying Study Conditions  -- Jochen Tholen Ludovit Czíria Eike Hemmer Wieslawa Kozek Zdenka Mansfeldová; title: chapter 4 The Views of the Actors on the SupraCompany Levels: Results of the Expert Interviews in the Countries of Origin and Host Countries of Investment and on the EU Level  -- Jochen Tholen Ludovit Czíria Eike Hemmer Wieslawa Kozek Zdenka Mansfeldová; title: chapter 5 The Nine West European Multinationals: Different Patterns of the Impact on the Industrial Relations in their CEE Subsidiaries  -- Jochen Tholen Ludovit Czíria Eike Hemmer Wieslawa Kozek Zdenka Mansfeldová; title: chapter 6 Conclusions -- Jochen Tholen Ludovit Czíria Eike Hemmer Wieslawa Kozek Zdenka Mansfeldová.