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Author: | Ross, P. |
Title: | Management strategies in the Czech telecommunications sector: a comparative study of Cesky Telecom and T-Mobile |
Journal: | International journal of human resource management
2008 : DEC, VOL. 19:12, p. 2216-2234 |
Index terms: | Czech Republic strategic management human resource management transition economies telecommunications industry deregulation privatization liberalization |
Freeterms: | Western management practices |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This paper compares employment relations (ER) strategies at the fixed line company, Cesky Telecom (CT), and the T-mobile Czech Republic (TMCR), and considers the extent to which the firms have implemented Western management practices within the context of three changing political and economic dynamics. Theories related to path dependency, institutionalist and strategic human resource management (SHRM) are used to assist in the analysis. The analysis shows that by 2005 the influence and constraints of the socialist era on the implementation of Western ER strategies have diminished. The article suggests that the Czech telecommunications sector has shifted towards a mature transformation stage, where ER strategies develop in line with local, international and sector specific trends. |
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