20.500.12556/RUL-174264 Chinese investment in Central and Eastern Europe studying the evolution of industrial relations after the takeover of a Slovenian company The article studies the approach Chinese investors apply to industrial relations at the company level in Central and Eastern Europe. The takeover of a home appliances producer in Slovenia by a Chinese state-owned enterprise and the trajectory of company-level industrial relations are analysed. Adopting a political economy approach, we examine the role played by market-related factors (especially FDI motivation), institutional context, trade union power resources and the Chinese state as an investor. The study contributes in two ways. First, it shows the inadequacy of market-based explanations as host institutions and actors modify transfer outcomes, blurring the ideal types, such as the ‘latecomer’ model and its apparent CEE counterpart. Second, the strategic interests of Chinese SOEs may unwillingly empower local actors struggling to influence transfer outcomes. Industrial relations power resources latecomer model Chinese foreign direct investment Odnosi med delodajalci in delojemalci podjetja tuje naložbe Slovenija Kitajska true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Slovenija; Kitajska; Članek v reviji 2025-09-30 12:32:17 2025-09-30 12:32:23 2025-11-19 03:58:48 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 253-277 issue 2 Vol. 31 2025 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 331.1(497.4):339.727.22(510) 0959-6801 10.1177/09596801241284897 210635779 Bembic_Accepted_manuscript_IJIR.docx Bembic_Accepted_manuscript_IJIR.docx 1 F12BF8226AAC58CC81C33CE01FE94AE8 4f7bef37fd004dcfbdb3421855263030f4b91c0abb8bc1e264084fa095cf449d 41bed9eb-9deb-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=219041 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0