1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. ENVIRONMENT 3 Political and economical context 4 Business environment 7 3. EASTERN EUROPEAN HR PRACTICES 9 Recruitment 9 Compensation 9 4. EU ENLARGEMENT 11 5. AN EASTERN EUROPEAN HRM MODEL? 13 6. CONCLUSIONS 15 Ideas for future research 16 7. BIBLIOGRAPHY 17 1. Introduction Many Western firms are rapidly investing in, or forming joint ventures with, firms in Eastern European countries. Despite the growth in Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) in Eastern Europe, Western managers know relatively little about the Human Resource Management (HRM) practices of these countries. In this paper HRM practices are discussed in Eastern European s