Labour Relations in Central Europe: The Impact of Multinationals' Money

ISBN-13: 9780815390107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 196 str.

Jochen Tholen

Opis

Since 1990, foreign direct investment (FDI) has quickened economic modernization in Central Europe. 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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Jochen Tholen is Senior Researcher and Departmental Head of the Institute Labour and Economy at the University of Bremen, Germany.