Global standardization or national differentiation of HRM practices in multinational companies? A comparison of multinationals in five countries

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Edwards, Tony; Sanchez-Mangas, Rocio; Jalette, Patrice; Lavelle, Jonathan; Minbaeva, Dana
• 署名单位: University of London; King's College London; Autonomous University of Madrid; Universite de Montreal; University of Limerick; Copenhagen Business School
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-016-0003-6
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 997-1021
• 关键词: INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; comparative HRM; multinational corporations (MNCs) and enterprises (MNEs); survey method

摘要

Drawing on a dataset constructed from a parallel series of nationally representative surveys of multinational companies (MNCs), we compare the performance management (PM) practices of MNCs in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Spain, Denmark and Norway. In each country we analyze data relating to MNCs from that country and of the foreign affiliates of US MNCs. We argue that there is evidence of standardization in the nature of practices across countries, particularly evident in the analysis of US MNCs. Standardization of practices among MNCs is also evident in the rather limited variation in practices between US and indigenous MNCs within each country. Moreover, even where there is evidence of variation across and within countries, this cannot be fully explained by adaptation to local institutional constraints but rather can be seen as the product of how distinct national contexts can promote the take-up of practices.