TY - JOUR
T1 - Unraveling home and host country effects
T2 - An investigation of the HR policies of an American multinational in four European countries
AU - Almond, Phil
AU - Edwards, Tony
AU - Colling, Trevor
AU - Ferner, Anthony
AU - Gunnigle, Paddy
AU - Müller-Camen, Michael
AU - Quintanilla, Javier
AU - Wächter, Hartmut
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=17144425365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2005.00384.x
DO - 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2005.00384.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:17144425365
SN - 0019-8676
VL - 44
SP - 276
EP - 306
JO - Industrial Relations
JF - Industrial Relations
IS - 2
ER -