’ subsidiary size and expatriate staffing level. Drawing on both resource-dependence and learning perspectives, the U … supported all four hypotheses both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, and explained 24% of the variance in expatriate … staffing level. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. …

legitimacy in determining subsidiary ownership and expatriate staffing levels. Based on organizational ecology theory (OET), our … effect between subsidiary size and FDI legitimacy on both subsidiary ownership and expatriate staffing levels. With … increasing FDI legitimacy, smaller subsidiaries tend to increase their ownership and expatriate staffing levels, whereas larger …