Institutional theory and MNC subsidiary HRM practices:: evidence from a three-country study

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bjorkman, Ingmar; Fey, Carl F.; Park, Hyeon Jeong
• 署名单位: INSEAD Business School; Stockholm School of Economics; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400267
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 430-446
• 关键词: human resource management; Multinational corporations; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

摘要

This study sets out to explore human resource management (HRM) practices in multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiaries within an institutional theory framework. Based on a sample of 158 subsidiaries of MNCs operating in the United States, Russia and Finland, the paper examines factors hypothesised to influence the HRM practices adapted in US, Japanese and European MNC subsidiaries located in Russia, Finland and the US. The results indicate significant differences in HRM practices used across host countries. Both the status of the subsidiary human resource department and the degree to which the subsidiary was involved in knowledge transfer with other parts of the MNC had a significant impact on the selection of HRM practices.