Flexibility benefits - Cafeteria Plan. How the characteristics of the firms affect the system Cafeteria Plan in Hungary

Authors

  • József Poór J. Selye University, Komárom
  • Ildikó Éva Kovács Szent István University, Gödöll?
  • Hajnalka Dinnyés Mázásné Szent István University, Gödöll?
  • Ádám Mack National Financial Control Office , Budapest
  • János Fehér Károli Gáspár University, Budapest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v5i1.190

Keywords:

motivation, flexible benefits, cafeteria plans, international experience

Abstract

In our article we review the relevant concepts related to the subject, starting off by the general questions of motivation to the strategic significance of fringe benefits. We present what international trends can be observed in this area. In the course of our research, we primarily sought to find out how tax and financial changes affect the management of the companies/institutions and the cafeteria plans. Secondly, we sought connections with the external factors and internal features which influence the organization's decisions in the above mentioned area.

Author Biographies

József Poór, J. Selye University, Komárom

Dr. József Poór, is Professor of Management at J.Selye University Komarno (Slovakia). where he teaches a variety of management courses. He earned his Ph.D. from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest. He is a Professor of Management Szent István University Hungary. He served as guest professor at five different US universities and taught fourteen short summer semesters. He was as an Erasmus guest lecturer at many other European universities He was senior manager  at different internationally recognized professional service firms (Mercer, HayGroup, Diebold) and at a private business school (International Management Center, Budapest).

Ildikó Éva Kovács, Szent István University, Gödöll?

Dr. Ildikó Éva Kovács is an assistant professor at Szent István University in Gödöll?, currently member of the Management and HR Research Team. She has been working on national and international HRM research projects (Cranet, CEEIRT, Visegrad Fund) and teaching management courses as well. She is one of the authors of numerous publications and monographs on the topic of HRM practices that have appeared in recent years based on the team’s research.

Hajnalka Dinnyés Mázásné, Szent István University, Gödöll?

Mázásné Dinnyés Hajnalka, a graduate economist with nearly two decades of managerial experience, is currently a senior consultant who has gained her leadership-  and organization development  skills, her profound theoretical and wide-ranging practical skills in compensation systems through conscious collection of daily experiences during her work as well as constant learning and development.

Ádám Mack, National Financial Control Office , Budapest

Ádám Mack is a graduated economist. He is auditor of 

National Financial Control Office.

János Fehér, Károli Gáspár University, Budapest

Dr. János Fehér is an Associate Professor and Academic Director of Human Resources BA Program at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary where he teaches Management and HRM related subjects. He earned his PhD from Szent István University where he holds a Private Professor position. He served as Associate Professor and Program Director at IMC/International Management Center (the first Graduate School of Business in the CEE region, in affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh); and Visiting Associate Professor at Temple University Philadelphia, CWRU Cleveland , and Budapest Corvinus University. He has been a Consultant/ MD Program Director/Trainer for leading Hungarian and international companies.

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2018-05-01

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Poór, J., Kovács, I. Éva, Mázásné, H. D., Mack, Ádám, & Fehér, J. (2018). Flexibility benefits - Cafeteria Plan. How the characteristics of the firms affect the system Cafeteria Plan in Hungary. Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR), 5(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v5i1.190

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