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Exporting the German Work Model to Central and Eastern Europe

In: Globalizing Employment Relations

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  • Martin Krzywdzinski

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The economic structure of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries is increasingly dominated by foreign companies, with German companies being the most important industrial investors. The production and work models practised by German companies are thus extremely important for the region. Are these companies producing high-quality products in CEE, and placing an emphasis on skilled and well-paid work, or is the CEE being exploited as a low-wage periphery, characterized by ‘hire and fire’ and low-skilled work? For stakeholders in Germany, the issue of whether companies are attempting to transfer the ‘German model’, or whether they are relocating abroad as a means of escaping this model, is also relevant.

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  • Martin Krzywdzinski, 2011. "Exporting the German Work Model to Central and Eastern Europe," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Sylvie Contrepois & Violaine Delteil & Patrick Dieuaide & Steve Jefferys (ed.), Globalizing Employment Relations, chapter 6, pages 99-116, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30681-3_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230306813_7
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    1. Krzywdzinski, Martin, 2014. "Do investors avoid strong trade unions and labour regulation? Social dumping in the European automotive and chemical industries," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 28(6), pages 926-945.
    2. Krzywdzinski, Martin & Jürgens, Ulrich, 2019. "Transfer deutscher und japanischer Ansätze der Facharbeiterausbildung an die BRIC-Standorte: Volkswagen und Toyota im Vergleich," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 281-319.
    3. Krzywdzinski, Martin, 2012. "Trade unions in Poland: Between stagnation and innovation," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 23(1), pages 66-82.

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