Purpose – To provide an analysis of the privatisation of the Czech Republic's former state‐owned telecommunications monopoly, Český Telecom, in relation to governance, organisational restructuring and strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to focus on the serious but under‐examined incidence of fatalities and injuries among rail trackworkers. It identifies the pressures on trackwork, locating them within an analysis of the economic structure of the privatised rail industry and...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to examine the outcomes of a substantial broad‐based employee share‐ownership scheme for employee attitudes and behaviour in a privatised firm. Design/methodology/approach – Results are based on a survey of 711 employees in Eircom, an Irish...