Peiper, Maury and Estrin, Saul 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3447-8593
(1998)
Managerial markets in transition in Central and Eastern Europe: a field of study and implications.
International Journal of Human Resource Management, 9 (1).
pp. 58-78.
ISSN 0958-5192
Abstract
In this paper, we report findings from the first comprehensive study of managerial labour markets in Central and Eastern Europe, drawing on field data from 157 firms in six countries. Results indicated widespread and deep changes occurring in the region’s managerial markets. Despite differences among countries in reform and economic performance, we found these particular changes to be surprisingly common across the countries studied. They included rapid rises in salary and benefit levels, narrowing of some skill gaps, shifts to more sophisticated methods of recruitment and an overall move towards Western management practices. The study also revealed severe shortages of qualified managers in all the countries studied. The resulting tightness in the managerial labour markets was reducing only modestly, despite other improvements. Foreign and joint-venture firms were relying disproportionately on expatriate managers, and may not have been sufficiently developing locals. We argue that, partly because of this, the distortions in pay, promotions and performance resulting from these tight markets are likely to persist for some time.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/09585192... |
| Additional Information: | © 1998 Routledge |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2009 20:24 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 21:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/21929 |
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