MNCs’ HRM strategy and country of origin effect : do North American, European and Japanese firms really differ?
Gyu-Chang Yu, Woo-Sung Park, Yung-Ho Cho
Based upon the sample of 419 MNCs’ subsidiaries in Korea, we examined the country of origin effect in the choice of MNCs’ HRM strategy: transplantation, localization, and mixed. A multinominal logit regression analysis showed that there is an important country of origin effect in the choice between a localization strategy and a mixed strategy. North American MNCS tended to implement mixed strategy, while Japanese MNCs tended to adopt localization strategy. European MNCs were in the middle. The estimated log odds of choosing a localization strategy over a mixed strategy by Japanese subsidiaries were 1.79 times higher than European subsidiaries and 2.85 times higher than N. American subsidiaries; those by European subsidiaries were 1.59 times higher than N. American subsidiaries. However, the country of origin was not significantly related to the choice between a transplantation strategy and other strategies. We also examined two alternative factors influencing the HRM strategy of foreign subsidiaries: investment strategy and entry strategy. The implications of this and directions for future research are discussed.
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2007
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Authors: | Yu, Gyu-chang ; Park, Woo-sung ; Cho, Yung-ho |
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Management revue : socio-economic studies. - Baden-Baden : Nomos, ISSN 1861-9908, ZDB-ID 2173556-6. - Vol. 18.2007, 4, p. 392-409
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Subject: | country of origin | HRM strategy | localization | MNCs | South Korea | Herkunftsbezeichnung | Designation of origin | Personalmanagement | Human Resource Management | Regionales Cluster | Regional cluster | Multinationales Unternehmen | Transnational corporation | Südkorea |
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Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/78878 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009778126