Purpose – In its modernization and European integration effort, from 1859 to the present, Romania went through a series of transitional periods. The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues involved in Romania fighting to regain its identity or in forging a new one....

Purpose – What is leadership, how do Romanians relate to their organization's leaders, which are the most common leadership behaviors and which leadership style is best for Romania? This paper attempts to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected on actual...

Purpose – The study presented in this paper is intended to assist the decision‐making process in Romanian higher education institutions on topics such as market structure analysis, market segmentation, positioning of the specializations, and the cannibalization between them....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a personal reflection on the Romanian post‐communist transition, using an organization theory‐based analytic framework combined with the author's personal experience. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the authors'...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify means and opportunities available to managers in Romanian companies in order to successfully undergo the process of integration in the European Union, by accepting the cultural diversity in the global organization in the twenty‐first...

Purpose – To highlight the key‐role of macroeconomic management in a dysfunctional emerging market economy. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis – focused on the particular case of Romania, where the transition to market economy is underway – relies on two basic hypotheses....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the role of human resource management (HRM) in Romania. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the latest changes and their reflections in research by analysing data collected from an inquiry amongst 558 company managers. The...

Purpose – A general overview of gender disparity in economic and political areas in Romania is the objective of this paper. Design/methodology/approach – The dynamic perspective of the gender disparity phenomenon is analyzed by means of three main indicators: gender development index, gender...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what happened in Romanian education in the post‐modern context. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the reactions to the changes in Romanian education. Findings – Post‐modernism means innovation. Communication, team work,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the change in attitude towards work among younger generations in Romania. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses work and education in transition since 1989. Findings – In the communist age, work was perceived as a...