TY - BOOK AU - Tholen,Jochen TI - Labour relations in Central Europe: the impact of multinationals' money T2 - Contemporary employment relations SN - 9780754684701 AV - HD8380.7 .L324 2007eb U1 - 331.880943 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Deutsches Auslandswissenschaftliches Institut KW - Abteilung Ostmitteleuropa KW - gnd KW - Industrial relations KW - Europe, Central KW - International business enterprises KW - Relations industrielles KW - Europe centrale KW - Entreprises multinationales KW - industrial relations KW - aat KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Labor KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Labor & Industrial Relations KW - fast KW - Multinationales Unternehmen KW - Arbeitsbeziehungen KW - Arbeidsverhoudingen KW - gtt KW - Internationale ondernemingen KW - Central Europe KW - Midden-Europa KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and indexes; Study concept, hypotheses and approach -- Analytical reference points -- Investments by West European companies and industrial relations in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia as underlying study 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 nine West European multinationals : different patterns of the impact on the industrial relations in their CEE subsidiaries -- Conclusions N2 - Since 1990, foreign direct investment (FDI) has quickened economic modernization in Central Europe. Labour Relations - as an essential factor in the organization of labour and production - have already been impacted upon by this modernization. On the basis of an analysis of nine corporations, this book uncovers various emerging models of industrial relations but also a clear tendency towards company centralization UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=270476 ER -