...Raphael Oriaghe Oseghale; Dennis Pepple; Simeon Emezana Ifere; Amarachi Ngozi Amaugo Purpose Given that institutional and cultural factors affect the transfer of HRM practices between multinational companies (MNCs) and their subsidiaries, the paper set out to investigate the explanatory mechanism...

... organizational variables (country of origin of the multinational company (MNC), the timing of entry into the European Union and the mode of establishment of the MNC subsidiary unit) on the human resource management (HRM) practices being pursued by subsidiaries of large MNCs operating in selected countries...

... Europe Multinational companies Employees Organizational change Qualitative methods The research field of talent management (TM) has received a remarkable degree of academic and practitioner interest (Collings et al., 2019 ; Collings and Isichei, 2018 ; De Boeck et al...

... on employment protection to other local subsidiaries where unions may struggle to do so. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Europe Industrial relations Labour Multinational companies Equality Trade unions It is widely argued...

...‐satyagraha protest in Indian companies. Originality/value The importance of satyagraha in Indian employee relations is under‐researched in comparison with other factors, and is especially significant for culturally‐unaware multinational companies in successfully understanding and managing...

...Marie Bailey Purpose This paper aims to analyse the effectiveness of European Works Councils (EWCs) as a mechanism of employee voice from the perspective of Hungarian workers in UK‐owned multinational companies (MNCs). In addition, it analyses the role of prevailing systems of employee voice...

... Publishing Limited 2008 Organizational culture Employees Multinational companies United Kingdom Germany This paper is concerned with corporate strategy and employee diversity in the UK manufacturing plant of a German multinational company (MNC) in the automobile sector (“AutoWorks...

...John Gennard Purpose The purpose of this editorial is to examine the internal procedure for negotiations at multinational company level devised by the European Metalworkers Federation. Design/methodology/approach The editorial outlines the EU Commission's social agenda between 2000 and 2010...

.... Ingmar Björkman is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: ingmar.bjorkman@hanken.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Human resource management Organizational performance Multinational companies Standardization India On the other hand, the HRM practices of local...

..., comparing managers and workers within an organisation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Flexible working hours Job satisfaction Industrial relations Multinational companies United Kingdom Germany With the rise of studies on work‐life balance, many researchers have debated...

... assignment, pre‐departure training is normally used to ensure the candidate has adequate skills and the knowledge necessary for effectively working abroad. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 China Managers Training Management development Multinational companies The way in which...

... diploma level qualifications with this figure being closely followed by degree qualifications at 23.1 per cent. 79.8 per cent of managers had some form of post secondary educational attainment. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Australia Hotels Multinational companies Human resource...

... subsidiaries of Danish MNCs located in 11 countries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Knowledge management Multinational companies Expatriates Generation and dissemination of information A number of earlier contributions to the field of international business, particularly...

... management in multinational companies. This paper categorises the literature in the field, highlighting disciplinary introspection within and between each strand. Argues that, by neglecting to embrace the contributions of research from cross‐cultural management and comparative human resource management...

...Miao Zhang The diffusion of “best management practice” across national boundaries is becoming a significant strategy for multinational companies (MNCs) to achieve competitive advantage in global markets. Several studies have shown that national cultural and institutional differences may constrain...

.... It is explained why MCB has occurred in unrepresentative cases and prospects for labour responses to the MNE are examined. © MCB UP Limited 1986 Collective bargaining Development Multinational companies Trade unions An earlier version of this article was presented to the European Centre...

...J. Hamill The growth in the number of multinational companies in the UK (in 1980 employing 16 per cent of all people in manufacturing industry) raises a number of industrial relations issues such as: where are the decisions regarding labour issues made? The author discusses the implications...