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Union Influence in Post-Socialist Europe

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  • Richard Croucher
  • Marian Rizov

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Examining enterprise-level union influence in post-socialist countries, the authors hypothesize that calculative human resource management (HRM) is more strongly associated with low levels of union influence than collaborative HRM. Using the United Kingdom as a benchmark, they find that in the countries under study, calculative HRM is indeed more damaging to union influence than collaborative, although to a much lesser extent than in the United Kingdom. They also find that union influence corresponds to enterprise union density and is most apparent when the business cycle is unfavorable; they explain their findings by reference to East European members' continued attachment to unionism for nonbargaining reasons.

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  • Richard Croucher & Marian Rizov, 2012. "Union Influence in Post-Socialist Europe," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 65(3), pages 630-650, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:65:y:2012:i:3:p:630-650
    DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500307
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