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001 2010010805
003 DLC
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008 100311s2010 nyu 000 0 eng
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050 00 $aHF5549.5.E85$bK34 2010
082 00 $a658.3008$222
100 1 $aKahancová, Marta.
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.
263 $a1007
300 $ap. cm.
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.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction: -- Multinationals and employment practices across Europe -- Chapter 1 -- Constructing employment practices in MNCs: a framework for analysis -- Chapter 2 -- One multinational, four host countries: on diversity in subsidiary employment practices -- Chapter 3 -- Channelling corporate values and interests: social interaction within the multinational company -- Chapter 4 -- Building a local corporate presence: social interaction between the MNC and local societies -- Chapter 5 -- From bargaining to dancing: social interaction between the multinational company and local trade unions -- Chapter 6 -- The social foundations of trade union influence: cross-border interaction of trade unions and the European Works Council -- Chapter 7 -- Accounting for diversity: company interests, host-country effects and social interaction -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusions: multinationals, employment practices and institutional change from below.
650 0 $aInternational business enterprises$zEurope, Western$xPersonnel management.
650 0 $aInternational business enterprises$zEurope, Eastern$xPersonnel management.