Unraveling Home and Host Country Effects: An Investigation of the HR Policies of an American Multinational in Four European Countries

This article argues that the institutional “home” and “host” country effects on employment policy and practice in multinational corporations (MNCs) need to be analyzed within a framework which takes more account both of the multiple levels of embeddedness experienced by the MNC, and processes of neg...

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Published inIndustrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 276 - 306
Main Authors ALMOND, PHIL, EDWARDS, TONY, COLLING, TREVOR, FERNER, ANTHONY, GUNNIGLE, PADDY, MÜLLER-CAMEN, MICHAEL, QUINTANILLA, JAVIER, WÄCHTER, HARTMUT
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing, Ltd 01.04.2005
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects
Culture
Employment policies
Employment policy
Europe
Human resources
Industrial relations
International business enterprises
Labor conditions
Labor policy
Labour relations
Manycountries
Multinational corporations
Multinational enterprises
Social impact
Studies
U.S.A
United States > US
Europe
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Summary:This article argues that the institutional “home” and “host” country effects on employment policy and practice in multinational corporations (MNCs) need to be analyzed within a framework which takes more account both of the multiple levels of embeddedness experienced by the MNC, and processes of negotiation at different levels within the firm. Using in‐depth case study analysis of the human resource (HR) structure and industrial relations and pay policies of a large U.S.‐owned MNC in the IT sector, across Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom, the article attempts to move towards such a framework.
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ISSN:0019-8676
1468-232X
DOI:10.1111/j.0019-8676.2005.00384.x