Is there Something as an Ex-Yugoslavian HRM Model? – Sticking to the Socialist Heritage or Converging With Neoliberal Practices

Nina Vokić (), Kohont Andrej () and Slavić Agneš ()
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Kohont Andrej: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia
Slavić Agneš: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, Subotica, Serbia

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy, 2017, vol. 63, issue 4, 40-53

Abstract: The question of this paper is whether there is an ex-Yugoslavia HRM model drawing upon Western imported features fused with ethno open-socialistic and self-management elements? In the empirical part Cranet data for 341 companies from Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia are analysed. Main characteristics of HRM systems in ex-Yugoslavia are: the HRM strategic partner role is still neglected, the mind-set of taking care for everybody is omnipresent, the value of performance management is not fully entrusted, the full-time employment still predominates, and the trade unions retained their barging power. Although 30 indicators revealed specifics of ex-Yugoslavia HRM model, the theorized hybrid HRM system was not disclosed.

Keywords: human resource management (HRM); ex-Yugoslavia HRM model; CRANET data; Croatia; Serbia; Slovenia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M12 M5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/ngoe-2017-0022

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