Multinational Companies and the Diffusion of Employment Practices from Outside the Country of Origin

Tony Edwards (), Paul Edwards, Anthony Ferner, Paul Marginson and Olga Tregaskis
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Tony Edwards: King’s College London
Paul Edwards: Warwick University
Anthony Ferner: De Montfort University
Paul Marginson: Warwick University
Olga Tregaskis: De Montfort University

Management International Review, 2010, vol. 50, issue 5, No 4, 613-634

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Multinational companies; Diffusion; Employment practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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