One company, diverse workplaces
Subtitle: the social construction of employment practices in Western and Eastern Europe
By: Marta Kahancová
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780230579774
Subjects: International business enterprises; Personnel management
Description: "The book offers an inquiry into the construction of employment practices in a multinational company across Western and Eastern Europe. In the complex corporate and host-country influences, social interaction between the firm and local actors is presented as the underlying social mechanism through which work practices are constructed"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction:; title: Multinationals and employment practices across Europe; title: Chapter 1; title: Constructing employment practices in MNCs: a framework for analysis; title: Chapter 2; title: One multinational, four host countries: on diversity in subsidiary employment practices; title: Chapter 3; title: Channelling corporate values and interests: social interaction within the multinational company; title: Chapter 4; title: Building a local corporate presence: social interaction between the MNC and local societies; title: Chapter 5; title: From bargaining to dancing: social interaction between the multinational company and local trade unions; title: Chapter 6; title: The social foundations of trade union influence: cross-border interaction of trade unions and the European Works Council; title: Chapter 7; title: Accounting for diversity: company interests, host-country effects and social interaction; title: Chapter 8; title: Conclusions: multinationals, employment practices and institutional change from below.