The process of transition in Eastern European countries is one in which ideas of the past and present, both local and Western, meet and conflict. Presenting a wealth of new ethnographic and interview-based research, Critical Management Research in Eastern Europe argues that the reform process in Central and Eastern Europe has been dominated by the traditional 'Western' view of management practice. However, this approach overlooks the fact that certain managerial and organizational practices developed in Central and Eastern Europe may still be appropriate and indeed effective within this particular setting. The book brings together authors from both East and West Europe to evaluate how the two systems can best be harmonized, which is particularly important in the context of EU enlargement.
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Notes on the Contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Travelling in Time and Space on the Winds of the Transition; M.Kelemen & M.Kostera
PART I: STORIES OF CHANGE: ORGANIZING IDENTITIES
Geographical Space, Banking Knowledge, and Transformation; H.Kalthoff
Accounting for Change: Accounting, Finance, and Changing Methods of Economic Regulation in Postsocialist Eastern Europe; E.C.Dunn
From Social Movements to Identity Transformation: Comparison of Estonian and Finnish Management Students' Values; I.Aaltio-Marjosola, L.Turnpuu & M.Kooskora
PART II: STORIES OF THE PAST: LIST AND FOUND IDENTITIES
Socioeconomic Conditions and Discursive Construction of Women's Identities in Post-Soviet Countries; A.Pavlenko
Control: Accounting for the Lost Innocence; M.Kostera
Powerful Accounts: Identities, Principals and Agents; K.S.Nilsson
Re-inventing the Past: Stories about Communism and the Transition to a Market Economy in Romania; M.Kelemen
The Impact of Societal Transformation on Czech Managers: A Study of Post-Communist Careers; A.Soulsby
PART III: MANAGING THE TRANSITION: CROSSOVERS IN PRACTICE AND REPRESENTATION
Local Problems and Foreign Solutions: Issues of Management Training in Russia and NIS; B.Grancelli
Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Hungarians and Expatriates; H.Primecz
When Reality Fails: Science and the Fall of Communism in Poland; J.Kociatkiewicz & M.Kostera
Endnotes
Index
MIHAELA KELEMEN is Lecturer in Management and Organization Studies at Keele University, UK. She has published articles in the Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Human Relations, British Journal of Management and Scandinavian Journal of Management.
MONIKA KOSTERA is Professor in Management and Organization Theory at the Academy of Management and Entrepreneurship, Warsaw University. She has published over twenty articles in refereed journals and is a member of editorial boards of several journals, namely Human Resource Development International, Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies, and Management Learning.
Description
The process of transition in Eastern European countries is one in which ideas of the past and present, both local and Western, meet and conflict. Presenting a wealth of new ethnographic and interview-based research, Critical Management Research in Eastern Europe argues that the reform process in Central and Eastern Europe has been dominated by the traditional 'Western' view of management practice. However, this approach overlooks the fact that certain managerial and organizational practices developed in Central and Eastern Europe may still be appropriate and indeed effective within this particular setting. The book brings together authors from both East and West Europe to evaluate how the two systems can best be harmonized, which is particularly important in the context of EU enlargement.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Notes on the Contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Travelling in Time and Space on the Winds of the Transition; M.Kelemen & M.Kostera
PART I: STORIES OF CHANGE: ORGANIZING IDENTITIES
Geographical Space, Banking Knowledge, and Transformation; H.Kalthoff
Accounting for Change: Accounting, Finance, and Changing Methods of Economic Regulation in Postsocialist Eastern Europe; E.C.Dunn
From Social Movements to Identity Transformation: Comparison of Estonian and Finnish Management Students' Values; I.Aaltio-Marjosola, L.Turnpuu & M.Kooskora
PART II: STORIES OF THE PAST: LIST AND FOUND IDENTITIES
Socioeconomic Conditions and Discursive Construction of Women's Identities in Post-Soviet Countries; A.Pavlenko
Control: Accounting for the Lost Innocence; M.Kostera
Powerful Accounts: Identities, Principals and Agents; K.S.Nilsson
Re-inventing the Past: Stories about Communism and the Transition to a Market Economy in Romania; M.Kelemen
The Impact of Societal Transformation on Czech Managers: A Study of Post-Communist Careers; A.Soulsby
PART III: MANAGING THE TRANSITION: CROSSOVERS IN PRACTICE AND REPRESENTATION
Local Problems and Foreign Solutions: Issues of Management Training in Russia and NIS; B.Grancelli
Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Hungarians and Expatriates; H.Primecz
When Reality Fails: Science and the Fall of Communism in Poland; J.Kociatkiewicz & M.Kostera
Endnotes
Index
Authors
MIHAELA KELEMEN is Lecturer in Management and Organization Studies at Keele University, UK. She has published articles in the Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Human Relations, British Journal of Management and Scandinavian Journal of Management.
MONIKA KOSTERA is Professor in Management and Organization Theory at the Academy of Management and Entrepreneurship, Warsaw University. She has published over twenty articles in refereed journals and is a member of editorial boards of several journals, namely Human Resource Development International, Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies, and Management Learning.
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