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100 1 $aKahancová, Marta.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009135945
245 10 $aOne company, diverse workplaces :$bthe social construction of employment practices in Western and Eastern Europe /$cMarta Kahancová.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2010.
300 $axiv, 263 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tMultinationals' approaches to the construction of employment practices -- $tThe empirical case -- $tThe argument -- $tOutline of chapters -- $g1.$tConstructing Employment Practices in Multinationals: A Framework for Analysis -- $tUnderstanding employment practices -- $tOrganizational approaches to company behaviour -- $tInstitutionalist approaches to company behaviour -- $tMicro-foundations of constructing employment practices -- $tAssumptions on behaviour and social interaction -- $tActors and their attributes -- $tSocial interaction -- $tForms of social interaction -- $tSocial interaction as means of constructing employment practices -- $tConclusions -- $g2.$tOne Multinational, Four Host Countries: On Diversity in Subsidiary Employment Practices -- $tElectra as case study -- $tElectra's subsidiaries -- $tHard employment practices -- $tWage policy and wages -- $tEmployment flexibility -- $tNumerical flexibility -- $tExternal flexibility -- $tInternal flexibility -- $tFunctional flexibility -- $tSummary -- $tSoft employment practices -- $tWork organization -- $tMotivation, performance pay and employee participation -- $tSocial rewards and fringe benefits -- $tSubsidiary employment practices and local standards -- $tConclusions -- $g3.$tChannelling Corporate Values and Interests: Social Interaction within the Multinational -- $tElectra's past legacy for current challenges -- $tAdministrative heritage - the formation of corporate values -- $tThe formation of corporate interests, organization and strategy -- $tInternal and external forces shaping Electra's organization and behaviour -- $tInteraction between headquarters and subsidiaries -- $tProduction issues -- $tEmployment issues -- $tInteraction between Electra's sister subsidiaries -- $tAnalysis of social interaction within Electra -- $tConclusions -- $g4.$tBuilding a Local Corporate Presence: Social Interaction between the Multinational and Local Societies -- $tBeyond the subsidiaries' gates: Electra and the local industry structure -- $tElectra's social interaction with the local society -- $tLabour market actors -- $tMunicipalities and local governments -- $tCitizens, media and other local actors -- $tCommitted to being local? -- $tConclusions -- $g5.$tFrom Bargaining to Dancing: Social Interaction between the Multinational, Local Workers and Trade Unions -- $tManagement-worker interaction in Electra subsidiaries -- $tElectra and national industrial relations in Western and Eastern Europe -- $tIndustrial relations in Electra's subsidiaries -- $tNegotiating employment flexibility practices with subsidiary trade unions -- $tAnalysis of social interaction between Electra and subsidiary employee representatives -- $tConclusions -- $g6.$tSocial Foundations of Trade Union Influence: Cross-Border Interaction of Unions and Employee Representatives -- $tCooperation and competition in cross-border trade unionism -- $tCross-border trade union interaction: a national and sectoral perspective -- $tCross-border trade union interaction: a company-level perspective -- $tInstitutionalized cross-border interaction: the European Works Council -- $tThe EWC in Electra -- $tInformal functioning of the Euroforum: between friendships and antagonism -- $tEuroforum versus trade unions -- $tTwo faces of cross-border interaction -- $tConclusions -- $g7.$tAccounting for Diversity: The Social Construction of Employment Practices -- $tUncovering diversity in employment practices -- $tAccounting for diversity -- $tUnfolding social interaction in Electra -- $tInteraction channels and forms -- $tElectra's corporate headquarters and subsidiary managements (α) -- $tInteraction among Electra's sister factories (β) -- $tElectra's interaction with local actors (γ) -- $tInteraction between trade unions and the European Works Council (δ) -- $tComplementarities in interaction forms -- $tSustainability of social interaction for diversity in employment practices -- $tConclusions -- $g8.$tMultinationals, Employment Practices and Institutional Change from below -- $tImplications of MNC behaviour and the social construction of employment practices -- $tPreconditions for social interaction: compatibility of actors' interests with host-country institutions -- $tEmbedding as institution building from below -- $tReflections on the social construction of employment practices.
520 $a"The book offers an inquiry into the construction of employment practices in a multinational company across Western and Eastern Europe. In the complex corporate and host-country influences, social interaction between the firm and local actors is presented as the underlying social mechanism through which work practices are constructed"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aInternational business enterprises$zEurope, Western$xPersonnel management.
650 0 $aInternational business enterprises$zEurope, Eastern$xPersonnel management.
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