Globalizing Employment Relations: Multinational Firms and Central and Eastern Europe Transitions

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Globalizing Employment Relations and Crisis: Multinational Companies and Central and Eastern European Transitions and Transfers....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
US Multinationals and Collective Representation in European Subsidiaries: Institutional Resistance and Accommodation....Pages 9-28
The Social Transfers of Multinationals in Central Europe: British, US, Austrian and German Experiences Reviewed....Pages 29-44
Manufacturing and Services FDI Trajectories: Colonial Perceptions and Union Opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 45-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Automobiles and Finance in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 65-82
MNCs, Human Resource Management and Social Dialogue in the Central and Eastern European Food Industry....Pages 83-98
Exporting the German Work Model to Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 99-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Employment Relations and the Opening Up to MNCs in Hungary....Pages 119-133
How French Are French MNCs in Hungary? A Comparison of Two Service Sector Firms....Pages 134-149
MNCs and the Transformation of Bulgarian Employment Relations....Pages 150-164
Polish Employment Relations Under the Challenge of French Foreign Direct Investment....Pages 165-178
Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the Baltic States — Crisis, Conflict and Compromise....Pages 179-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Internationalizing Firms and Employee Representation: French Multinationals in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 201-216
Central and Eastern European Social Models and the Challenge of Change....Pages 217-232
Is Central and Eastern Europe a Laboratory for New Forms of Employment Relations?....Pages 233-244
Back Matter....Pages 245-251