Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of the global financial crisis on human resource management (HRM) in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland. It focuses on four key areas of HR, namely staffing, pay and benefits, industrial relations and the HR function....

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of the global financial crisis on human resource management (HRM) in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland. It focuses on four key areas of HR, namely staffing, pay and benefits, industrial relations and the HR function....

The report entitled "Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Companies (MNCs) in Ireland: A Large Scale Survey" (2007) presented findings from the largest and most representative empirical investigation of employment practice in MNCs in Ireland to date. This report has now been...