Multinational companies and the diffusion of employment practices from outside the country of origin: Explaining variation across firms

Edwards, Tony, Edwards, Paul, Fermner, Anthony, Marginson, Paul and Tregaskis, Olga (2010) Multinational companies and the diffusion of employment practices from outside the country of origin: Explaining variation across firms. Management International Review, 50 (5). pp. 613-635. ISSN 0938-8249

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Abstract

This paper analyses the issue of variation between multinational companies in the extent to which they use their foreign operating units as the origin of employment practices that are subsequently transferred across the firm. It uses data from a nationally representative survey of MNCs in the UK and contrasts the relative influences of three sets of factors on diffusion. The results demonstrate that while the nationality of the parent firm and the way in which the multinational is configured have only modest effects on diffusion, the organisational conduits through which the diffusion of practices can occur are central to explaining variation between firms.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
Depositing User:	Elle Green
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2011 13:04
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 03:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/35022
DOI:	10.1007/s11575-010-0051-2

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