High-investment HR values and firm performance among local firms and U.S. MNCs' subsidiaries in South Asia: a comparative study

• Published in: International journal of human resource management Vol. 27; no. 13; pp. 1426 - 1447
• Main Authors: Colakoglu, Saba, Allen, Matt, Miah, Khasro, Bird, Allan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 19.07.2016; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: diffusion of HR practices; Financial performance; Foreign subsidiaries; HR in South Asia; HR values; Human resource management; institutional theory; MNC subsidiary; Multinational corporations; Organization theory; strategic HRM; Studies; transfer of HR practices; Values; United States > US; South Asia

Grounded in institutional theory, this study investigates the differential adoption and internalization of high-investment human resource (HR) values by local companies and by subsidiaries of US firms located throughout South Asia; and the impact of these HR values on firms' performance. In lin...