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Constructing Post-Socialism: Organisational Identity and the Experience of International Joint Ventures

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  • Ed Clark
  • Anna Soulsby

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Following the collapse of European state socialism, economists quickly identified a central role for foreign direct investment and Western multinational corporations in moving the region towards a market economy. Knowledge transfers and capital infusions would allow former state-owned enterprises to take on market-economic characteristics and therefore engage more fully in the global economy. This article examines the post-socialist management experience of international joint ventures (IJVs) through a study of the critical events in the life of a German–Czech IJV. The story is told from the local managers' perspective and, drawing on the vocabulary of organisational identity, sense-making and sense-giving actions, we show how the IJV process is constrained and enacted by the post-socialist context.

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  • Ed Clark & Anna Soulsby, 2012. "Constructing Post-Socialism: Organisational Identity and the Experience of International Joint Ventures," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(2), pages 257-280.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:64:y:2012:i:2:p:257-280
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2011.646496
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