Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark and Wood, Stephen
(2007).
Diffusion of human resource management systems in UK headquartered multinational enterprises: integrating institutional and strategic choice explanations.
European Journal of International Management, 1(4),
pp. 329–349.
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Abstract
This study examines the factors associated with the cross-national diffusion of HRM systems within Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) through the lens of the strategic choice and neo-institutional perspectives. Both perspectives are successful in predicting diffusion. The institutional contexts of business units within multinationals and key strategic context variables are shown, in a study of 20 UK multinationals in Europe, to have significant and interacting relationships with the degree of similarity between affiliate HRM systems and those of their parent counterparts.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2007 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. |
| ISSN: |
1751-6757 |
| Keywords: |
diffusion of management practice; multinational enterprises;
MNEs; institutional theory; strategic choice; human resource management systems; HRM |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Open University Business School |
| Item ID: |
10044 |
| Depositing User: |
Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Dec 2007 |
| Last Modified: |
29 Sep 2012 18:34 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/10044 |
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