Developments in gender and management research in central and eastern Europe / guest editors Beverly Dawn Metcalfe and Marianne Afanassieva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Afanassieva, Marianne.

Metcalfe, Beverly Dawn.

Series:

Women in management review ; v.20, no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businesswomen.

Women executives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (84 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is limited scholarship that has considered gender, management and organizational analysis in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The restructuring of state socialism which began in the 1980's with perestroika marked the start of industrial re-organisation across post-socialist states with large scale privatisation, worker layoffs and the development of managerial strategies away from centralised planning systems. These political and economic developments combined with globalisation, the internationalisation of work practices, increased foreign investment and business development

Contents:

CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Introduction; The Czech women in the labour market: a European comparison; East German women in management; Gendered management in Hungary: perceptions and explanations; Gendered dilemmas of the work-life balance in Hungary; Bookshelf; About the authors;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50922-8

9786610509225

1-84544-445-0

OCLC:

62557533