Changing patterns of employment in post-socialist organizations in Central and Eastern Europe: Management action in a transitional context

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1396-1410

  Soulsby, Anna ^a   Clark, Ed ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Employment patterns; Organizational restructuring; Post communism; Privatization; State owned enterprises; The Czech Republic; Transition societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749251790     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600804770     Document Type: Article

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