... how this special issue arose, to provide a historical perspective for the work undertaken by the Cranet research team from Bulgaria, Estonia and Hungary and to outline the context and significance of each of the attempts at modernisation in the HRM field. Findings This analysis of developments...

...A. Psychogios; L. Szamosi; G. Wood; Suzanne Richbell; László Szerb; Zsuzsanna Vitai Purpose This paper aims to provide an original picture of a selection of human resource management (HRM) activities in the micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hungary and to explore the extent...

... in Hungary, such as trade unions and works councils, assessing their capacity to influence the work of the EWC. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative approach, the data are drawn from three case studies and comprise a series of semi‐structured interviews, whilst observational and archival data...

...Janos Aczel Purpose This paper sets out to describe the experiences of the Hungarian Trade Unions as they adapted to the political and economic changes of the post‐communist period. The paper lucidly explains how and why the trade union movement in Hungary made the transition from being a major...