Diffusion of human resource management systems in UK headquartered multinational enterprises: integrating institutional and strategic choice explanations
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Fenton-O'Creevy MP, Wood SJ |
| Journal | European Journal of International Management |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 329-349 |
| ISBN Number | 1751-6757 |
| Keywords | diffusion of management practice; HRM; human resource management systems; institutional theory; MNEs; multinational enterprises; strategic choice |
| URL | http://oro.open.ac.uk/10044/ |
| Refereed Designation | Refereed |
Abstract
This study examines the factors associated with the cross-national diffusion of HRM systems within Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) through the lens of the strategic choice and neo-institutional perspectives. Both perspectives are successful in predicting diffusion. The institutional contexts of business units within multinationals and key strategic context variables are shown, in a study of 20 UK multinationals in Europe, to have significant and interacting relationships with the degree of similarity between affiliate HRM systems and those of their parent counterparts.
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