Management strategies in the Czech telecommunications sector: a comparative study of Český Telecom and T-Mobile

References

• Bandelj, N. (2003), ‘Embedded Economies: Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe,’ PhD dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Princeton University
   Google Scholar
• Bartlett , C.A. and Ghoshal , S. 2000 . Transnational Management: Text Cases and Readings in Cross-Border Management , 3rd ed. , Boston : McGraw Hill . MA
   Google Scholar
• Bouc , F. 2005 . Sold Off: Telfonica's High Bid Cinches Deal for Český Telecom Privatisation . The Prague Post , (13–19 April), A12
   Google Scholar
• Bouc , F. 2005a . 10 Questions: With Roland Mahler . The Prague Post , (31 August), online at: http://www.praguepost.com/
   Google Scholar
• Burack , E. , Burack , M. , Miller , D. and Morgan , K. 1994 . New Paradigm Approaches in Strategic Human Resource Management . Group and Organization Management , 19 ( 2 ) : 141 – 159 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ceske Noviny . 2005 . Telecoms Companies Pay Highest Wages . Ceske Noviny , online at: http://www.ceskenoviny.cz (4 January)
   Google Scholar
• Clark , E. and Soulsby , A. 1995 . Transforming Former State Enterprises in the Czech Republic . Organisation Studies , 16 ( 2 ) : 215 – 242 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clark , E. and Soulsby , A. 1999 . Organizational Change in Post-Communist Europe: Management and Transformation in the Czech Republic , London/New York : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Clark , E. and Soulsby , A. 1999a . The Adoption of the Multi-Divisional Form in Large Czech Enterprises: The Role of Economic, Institutional and Strategic Choice Options . Journal of Management Studies , 36 ( 4 ) : 535 – 558 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coates , J.F. 2002 . Four Perspectives on the Future of Work . Employment Relations Today , 29 ( 1 ) : 1 – 15 .
   Google Scholar
• Cowhey, P., and Klimenko, M. (1999), ‘The WTO Agreement and Telecommunication Policy Reforms,’ Draft World Bank Report, (7 March), World Bank, online at: http://econ.worldbank.org/files/1723_wps2601.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Cox , T. and Mason , B. 2000 . Trends and Developments in East Central European Industrial Relations . Industrial Relations Journal , 31 ( 2 ) : 97 – 114 .
   Google Scholar
• Dif , M. 2004 . Vocational Identities in Change in the Telecommunications Sector . Career Development International , 9 ( 3 ) : 305 – 321 .
   Google Scholar
• Dvorakova , Z. 2003 . Trade Unions, Works Councils and Staff Involvement in Modernising the Czech Republic . The International Journal of Public Sector Management , 16 ( 6 ) : 424 – 433 .
   Google Scholar
• Egorov , V. 1996 . Privatisation and Labour Relations in the Countries of Eastern Europe . Industrial Relations Journal , 27 ( 1 ) : 89 – 100 .
   Google Scholar
• Euroweek . 2002 . Český Telecom Privatisation on Hold, LBO Plans Delayed . Euroweek , 782 : 52 (6 December)
   Google Scholar
• Greenwood , M.R. 2003 . “ Ethical Challenges for Human Resource Management ” . In Human Resource Management: Challenges and Future Directions , Edited by: Wiesner , R. and Millett , B. Milton, Queensland : Wiley .
   Google Scholar
• Harzing , A.W. and Ruysseveldt , J. van . 2004 . International Human Resource Management , 2nd ed. , London : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Hausner , J. , Jessop , B. and Nielsen , K. 1995 . Strategic Choice and Path Dependency in Post-Socialism Institutional Dynamics in the Transformation Process , Aldershot/Vermont : Edward Elgar .
   Google Scholar
• Hegewisch , A. , Brewster , C. and Koubek , J. 1996 . Different Roads: Changes in Industrial and Employee Relations in the Czech Republic and East Germany since 1989 . Industrial Relations Journal , 27 ( 1 ) : 51 – 64 .
   Google Scholar
• Kaplan , R.S. and Norton , D.P. 1996 . The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action , Boston, MA : Harvard Business School Press .
   Google Scholar
• Katz , H.C. , ed. 1997 . Telecommunications: Restructuring Work and Employment Relations World-Wide , Ithaca, NY : ILR Press .
   Google Scholar
• Kogut , B. 1991 . Country Capabilities and the Permeability of Borders . Strategic Management Journal , 12 : 33 – 47 . Summer
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koubek , J. and Brewster , C. 1995 . Human Resource Management in Turbulent Times . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 6 ( 2 ) : 223 – 247 . May
   Google Scholar
• Kozáková , P. 2006 . On the Record: Telecoms Newcomer has Big Plans . Czech Business Weekly , 9 January, online at: http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2006010903.html
   Google Scholar
• Lamberg , J. and Parvinen , P. 2003 . The River Metaphor for Strategic Management . European Management Journal , 21 ( 5 ) : 549 – 557 .
   Google Scholar
• Leonardi , P.M. and Jackson , M.H. 2004 . Technological Determinism and Discursive Closure in Organisational Mergers . Journal of Organisational Change , 17 ( 6 ) : 615 – 631 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Louis , P.J. 2004 . Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP): The “Killer” Application? . Mind Commerce , http://www.MindCommerce.com
   Google Scholar
• Lundy , O. and Cowling , A. 1996 . Strategic Human Resource Management , London/New York : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Martell , K. and Carroll , S.J. 1995 . How Strategic is HRM? . Human Resource Management , 34 ( 2 ) : 253 – 267 . Summer
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McClune , E. 1999 . Tough Times Ahead for SPT as Czech Market Counts Down to Competition . Communications Week International , 4 October
   Google Scholar
• Michalis , M. and Tackla , L. 1997 . “ Telecommunications in the Czech Republic ” . In Privatisation and Competition in Telecommunications: International Developments , Edited by: Ryan , D.J. Westport, CT : Praeger .
   Google Scholar
• Mills , A. 1998 . Contextual Influences on Human Resource Management in the Czech Republic . Personnel Review , 27 ( 3 ) : 177 – 199 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Red-stars.com . 2000 . Český Telecom . Red-stars.com , http://www.rsf.ru/rcd/czsptt.html
   Google Scholar
• Ross, P.K. (2003), ‘Organisational and Workforce Restructuring in a Deregulated Environment: A Comparative Study of the Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TCNZ) and Telstra,’ PhD thesis submitted to the Graduate School of Management, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
   Google Scholar
• Siemens . 2004 . Telefonica Pioneers NGN in Latin America with Siemens as Guide . Siemens Carrier World , 22 November, available at: http://www.siemens.ie/carrier/world/webzine/oct04/telefonica.htm
   Google Scholar
• Soulsby , A. and Clark , E. 1996 . Economic Restructuring and Institutional Change: Post-Communist Management in the Czech Republic . Journal of Socio-Economics , 25 ( 4 ) : 473 – 496 .
   Google Scholar
• Soulsby , A. and Clark , E. 1998 . Controlling Personnel: Management and Motive in the Transformation of the Czech Enterprise . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 9 ( 1 ) : 79 – 98 .
   Google Scholar
• Stone , R.J. 2002 . Human Resource Management , 4th ed. , Milton, Queensland : John Wiley and Sons .
   Google Scholar
• T-Mobile . 2005 . T-Mobile Code of Conduct , Bonn : Deutsche Telekom .
   Google Scholar
• Tremblay, D.-G. (2002), ‘Organizational Knowledge and Learning in the Context of the Knowledge-Based Economy: Networks as a Source of Learning and Contacts in the Multimedia Sector,’ Paper presented to The Third European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities, Athens, Greece (5–6 April)
   Google Scholar
• Tung , R.L. and Havlovic , S.J. 1996 . Human Resource Management in Transitional Economies: The Case of Poland and the Czech Republic . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 7 ( 1 ) : 1 – 19 .
   Google Scholar
• Willoughby , I . 2006 . Can New Telecom Owner Halt Decline in Number of Fixed Line Telephones? . Radio Prague , 13 September, available at: http://www.radio.cz/en/article/83137
   Google Scholar
• WTO (World Trade Organization) (1998), ‘Telecommunications Services,’ WTO Council for Trade in Services, Discussion paper, 8 December
   Google Scholar
• Zupan , N. and Kaše , R. 2005 . Strategic Human Resource Management in European Transitional Economies: Building a Conceptual Model on the Case of Slovenia . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 16 ( 6 ) : 882 – 906 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar