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dc.contributor.authorRoss, Peter
dc.contributor.editorProfessor Michael Poole
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:52:20Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:52:20Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2010-06-09T07:32:10Z
dc.identifier.issn09585192
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09585190802479454
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/21705
dc.description.abstractThis paper compares employment relations (ER) strategies at the incumbent fixed line Czech telecommunications company (TelCo), Cesk�elecom (CT), and the T-Mobile subsidiary, T-Mobile Czech Republic (TMCZ). It considers the extent to which the firms were able to introduce western style HRM practices within the context of three changing dynamics. First, the collapse of communism in the former Czechoslovakia was followed by rapid economic liberalisation and privatisation in the Czech Republic. Second, telecommunications sectors worldwide were subject to deregulation and the rapid diffusion of new technologies. Third, fixed line and mobile TelCos were subject to differing challenges and opportunities. The paper uses path dependency, institutionalist and strategic human resource management (SHRM) related theories to assist in this analysis. It concludes that by 2005 the introduction of Western style HRM practices into the Czech telecommunications sector appeared less constrained by former institutional and historical constraints. TMCZ's ER policies were further influenced by its parent firm's transnational strategies that sought to better coordinate its subsidiaries and create a 'global' brand. Despite the differing circumstances of the fixed line and mobile sectors, by 2005 ER practices and strategies at the two firms were to an extent converging, as CT continued to cut costs and TMCZ adjusted its strategies to better accommodate a saturated market. Given these changes the paper postulates that the Czech telecommunications sector has now shifted towards a mature transformation stage, as ER strategies increasingly reflect Western based SHRM practices and concepts.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeCardiff
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2216
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2234
dc.relation.ispartofissue12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Human Resource Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume19
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605
dc.titleManagement strategies in the Czech Telecommunications sector: A comparative study of Český Telecom and T-Mobile
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 Taylor & Francis. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2008
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gro.griffith.authorRoss, Peter K.


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