Human Resource Management in Emerging Economies

ISBN-13: 9781138787131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 214 str.

Piotr Zientara

Opis

The demise of communism in 1989 in eastern Europe, followed by the break-up of the Soviet Union and the spectacular rise of China and India in the 1990s, brought about a new world order. In eastern Europe communism not only caused large-scale impoverishment and technological slowing, but also signified managerial wastefulness and disregard for employee voice. Yet, since the collapse of the old system, 25 years has passed and things have dramatically improved. Crucially, much has changed in the workplace: a transfer of modern HRM thought led to a shift in the way employees were treated. This title explores - by means of qualitative and quantitative research methods - the problematics of human resource management in post-communist emerging economies.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Communist-era workplace realities and the systemic transformation  2. Industrial relations and trade unionism  3. Human resource management in Polish organizations  4. Corporate social responsibility and work-life balance in Poland  5. Employment and management of older employees  Conclusions

O autorze

Piotr Zientara is an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Gdansk, Poland. He focuses on the following research areas: industrial relations, human resource management, corporate social responsibility, environmental management and sustainable tourism. His articles were published in, inter alia, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and Eastern European Economics.