One company, diverse workplaces: the social construction of employment practices in western and eastern Europe

The book offers an inquiry into the construction of employment practices in amultinational 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. INDICE: - Introduction: - Multinationals and Employment Practices Across Europe - Constructing Employment Practices in Mncs: A Framework for Analysis - One Multinational, Four Host Countries: On Diversity in Subsidiary Employment Practices - Channelling Corporate Values and Interests: Social Interaction within the Multinational Company - Building a Local Corporate Presence: Social Interaction Between the MNC and Local Societies - From Bargaining to Dancing: Social Interaction Between the Multinational Company and Local Trade Unions - The Social Foundations of Trade Union Influence: Cross-Border Interaction of Trade Unions and the European Works Council - Accounting for Diversity: Company Interests, Host-Country Effects and Social Interaction - Conclusions: Multinationals, Employment Practices and Institutional Change from Below

• ISBN: 978-0-230-57977-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 23/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés