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Coordinated vs. liberal market HRM: The impact of institutionalization on multinational firms

The impact of institutionalized contexts on the HRM activities of multinational firms has become a focus of increasing attention in recent literature. However, theories of how different types of business systems or market economies may influence HRM, and the impact of context on multinational corporations (MNCs) operating under these different conditions are still not fully tested. In this paper the influence of the extent of institutional embeddedness of different national contexts (based on varieties of capitalism theory) on the HRM activities of MNCs is explored through the use of extensive survey data from four countries: the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. Evidence is found of differences in HRM practices between foreign- and domestic-owned MNCs, as well as between MNCs and domestic organizations. Although less than expected, the restricted amount of leeway within a coordinated economy also appears to have differential effects on the various HRM practices explored in these foreign and domestic organizations.

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal of Human Resource Management on 2008-11-01, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09585190802404247.

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Work Title Coordinated vs. liberal market HRM: The impact of institutionalization on multinational firms
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Creators
  1. Elaine Farndale
  2. Chris Brewster
  3. Erik Poutsma
Keyword
  1. International Human Resource Management
  2. Institutional theories
  3. Context
  4. Multinational corporations
  5. Europe
License CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial)
Work Type Article
Publisher
  1. The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Publication Date November 17, 2008
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190802404247
Deposited September 11, 2023

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    Keyword
    • International Human Resource Management, Institutional theories, Context, Multinational corporations, Europe
    Publisher
    • International Journal of Human Resource Management
    • The International Journal of Human Resource Management
    Publication Date
    • 2008-12-01
    • 2008-11-17
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