Brookes, Michael and Brewster, Chris and Wood, Geoffrey (2017) Are MNCs norm entrepreneurs or followers? The changing relationship between host country institutions and MNC HRM practices. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28 (12). pp. 1690-1711. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1277365
Brookes, Michael and Brewster, Chris and Wood, Geoffrey (2017) Are MNCs norm entrepreneurs or followers? The changing relationship between host country institutions and MNC HRM practices. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28 (12). pp. 1690-1711. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1277365
Brookes, Michael and Brewster, Chris and Wood, Geoffrey (2017) Are MNCs norm entrepreneurs or followers? The changing relationship between host country institutions and MNC HRM practices. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28 (12). pp. 1690-1711. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1277365
Abstract
Rooted in the literature on comparative capitalism, we examine the effects of host country institutions on the intra-organizational practices of multinational corporations (MNCs), using transnational level survey data, exploring change over time. We found that the less comprehensive institutional mediation of the Liberal Market Economies correlated with greater diversity and a more pronounced difference between domestic firms and foreign MNCs. However, rather than being the predicted norm entrepreneurs, MNCs tended to follow the lead of local firms in adjusting HRM policies and practices towards liberalization. Those most prone to challenging existing orders were in industries facing particular crises of competitiveness. Finally, we found that single regulatory features rather than complex assemblies of institutions exerted particularly strong effects on the individual firms’ practices encompassed in this study.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Comparative capitalisms; institutional diversity; host country effects; systemic change; MNC; employer-employee interdependence; delegation to employees |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2016 10:06 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 17:25 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/18373 |
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