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Purpose – This paper aims to provide a Norwegian perspective of how trade unions in the former Soviet block countries have dealt with the challenges of the post‐communist period and how the European trade union movement has attempted to assist them as they have adjusted to representing and...
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Purpose – This paper aims to examine how the Slovak Labour Code has evolved as a result of the “velvet revolution … encourage a more flexible labour market has seen many of the old powers of the trade unions transferred to other forms of … into how “players” in the “employee relations game” perceive the re‐codification of the Slovak Labour Code. There seems to …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to juxtapose the contemporary views of industrial relations (IR) and human resource management (HRM) with the ideas expressed by Chester Barnard. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyzes Chester Barnard's views along the four premises that...
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Purpose – This paper aims to provide an account of how Islam regulates the processes and interactions in areas of the … responsibility is carried out. The various arguments advanced here rest on the teachings of the holy book of Islam (The Quran ) and … the teachings of the Prophet of Islam (Mohammed). Findings – For Muslims, ethics in business may only be obtained if one …
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. Findings – Labour and industrial relations scholarship would benefit from the integration of stakeholder language and … theory scholarship would benefit from explicit consideration of power, which is common to work in labour and industrial … relations scholarship. Originality/value – Stakeholder theory can benefit from labour and industrial relations scholarship and …
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Purpose – This paper aims to present how a realistic view of the situation for the repatriate can help companies increase the retention rate among this important group of employees. A complete understanding of the repatriation process is crucial to offering repatriating employees proper...
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Labour Government and the shaping of its relations with the institutions of capital and business representation. Second, it …
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Purpose – To investigate the impact of the working time regulations (WTR) in the hospitality industry and dynamics of the employment relationship within the case study firms. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative case study approach was used, interviewing 18 respondents over two case...
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traces the steps from Socialism to Capitalism in Hungary and the impact this had on organized labour. The author notes the … were for ordinary working people and their families and – most important – what they meant for organized labour in terms of …
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Purpose – This paper aims to provide an insight into how trade union activities in the Czech Republic have developed in the 15 years since the “Velvet Revolution” of 1989 and discusses some of the important political, economic and cultural factors which have influenced that development....
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