Multinational Companies and the Diffusion of Employment Practices: A Survey of the Literature

T. Edwards

Working Papers from Warwick - School of Industrial & Business

Abstract: The paper surveys the extensive literature concerned with the diffusion of employment practices within multinational companies. The literature concentrates on the transfer of practices from the country of origin to the foreign subsidiaries, which is termed 'forward diffusion'. The aim of this paper is to establish the key findings of, and identify gaps in , this body of work.

Keywords: EMPLOYMENT; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 J24 J40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 1998
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