Globalizing Employment Relations: Multinational Firms and Central and Eastern Europe Transitions [Paperback]

A?unique?exploration of the?the contributions made by multinational corporations to the difficult labour market transitions towards full integration of Central and Eastern Europe members of the European Union. This book considers the roles played by US, British and German multinational companies (MNCs) in Central and Eastern EuropeINTRODUCTION Globalising Employment Relations and Crisis: the role of Multinational Company transfers to Central and Eastern Europe; S. Contrepois, V. Delteil, P. Dieuaide and S. Jefferys PART I: FDI TRANSFERS AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Exporting the American model of employee representation; A. Ferner MNC social transfers to CEE; G. Meardi , F. Traxler and S. Strohmer Manufacturing and services FDI trajectories: colonial perceptions and union opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe; S. Jefferys PART II: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN DIFFERENT SECTORS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Surviving the Global Financial Crisis; S. Contrepois, V. Delteil, P. Dieuaide and S. Jefferys MNCs, HRM and Social Dialogue in the East European Food Industry; P. Dieuaide Exporting the German work model to Central and Eastern Europe; M. Krzywdzinski PART III: MULTINATIONALS AND HOST COUNTRIES IN THE CRISIS Employment relations and the opening up to MNCs in Hungary; J. Koltay How French are French MNCs in Hungary? L. Szabo and V. Zentai MNCs and the transformation of Bulgarian employment relations'; Z. Vladimirov Polish employment relations under the challenge of French?FDI; A. Kwiatkiewicz Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the Baltic States - Crisis, Conflict and Compromise; C. Woolfson, J. Birzins and E. Kallaste PART IV: EUROPEAN SOCIAL INTEGRATION, MNCS AND CHANGE Internationalizing Firms and Employee Representation: French Multinationals in Central and Eastern Europe; S. Contrepois Central and Eastern European employment relations models and the challenge of change? V. Delteil Is Central and Eastern Europe a Laboratory for New Forms of EmploymentlS@