Employment Restructuring in Polish Companies during Economic Transition: SomeComparisons with Western Experience

Tomasz Mrozkowski; Mark Wermus; Linda D. Clarke

doi:10.5771/0949-6181-2005-1-37

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  - 37–54 Employment Restructuring in Polish Companies during Economic Transition: SomeComparisons with Western Experience Tomasz Mrozkowski, Mark Wermus, Linda D. Clarke Tomasz Mrozkowski, Mark Wermus, Linda D. Clarke 37–54
  - 55–74 Consequences of Convergence – Western Firm’s FDI Activities in Central and Eastern Europe at the Dawning of EU-Enlargement Stefan Eckert, Frank Rossmeissl Stefan Eckert, Frank Rossmeissl 55–74
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JEEMS Journal of East European Management Studies , page 37 - 54

Employment Restructuring in Polish Companies during Economic Transition: SomeComparisons with Western Experience

Autoren

Tomasz Mrozkowski Mark Wermus Linda D. Clarke

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2005-1-37
- ISSN: 0949-6181
- ISSN online: 1862-0019
Zusammenfassung

Dieser Aufsatz fasst die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage über Einsparungsmassnahmen in 90 polnischen Industriebetrieben zusammen. Im Gegensatz zu Russland, wo nur sehr wenige Personalkürzungen durchgeführt wurden, sind Personaleinsparungen in Polen allgegenwärtig und sie werden scheinbar beschleunigt. Die Faktoren, die zu Personalentlassungen in einem Übergangsland wie Polen führen, sind nicht identisch mit denen im Westen. Nichtsdestotrotz zeigen die Ergebnisse der Studie, dass Entlassungen in Polen meist einen positiven Effekt auf die Betriebsperformance haben.

Abstract

This paper summarizes the results of a survey of downsizing practices in 90 Polish manufacturing companies. Unlike Russia, where very few employment reductions have been carried out, downsizing in Polish companies is pervasive and appears to be accelerating. The factors that drive downsizing in a transition economy like Poland are not the same as those in the west. Nonetheless, the results of this study indicate that downsizing in Poland has had mostly beneficial effects on company functioning.
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