Examines the role of public sector employment in the labour market of developing countries. Looks at the growth of public sector employment during the sixties and seventies, especially at policies (e. g. nationalization and guaranteed employment programmes) introduced during the immediate post-...

Examines the effects of the crisis on employment conditions, job loss, labour relations, and the preferred socially responsible responses. Includes the questionnaires, addressed to management and unions, on changed working conditions, flexible work practice, role of collective agreements, and...

Based on the ILO's Bulgarian Labour Flexibility Survey. Data covers the period 1989 to 1992.

Describes three phases of restructuring and privatization under different administrations between 1986 and 1998 and examines the impact of these changes on employment. Describes different types of privatization and analyses the restructuring of utilities, wholly state-owned companies and...

Discusses the adequacy of contemporary HRM practices in light of the changes brought about by globalization and a hyper-competitive global market. Briefly traces the historical development of personnel management and HRM, considers the forces driving change and then look at contemporary...