Who's in charge? An empirical study of executive staffing practices in foreign subsidiaries

AW Harzing

doi:10.1002/hrm.1004

Who's in charge? An empirical study of executive staffing practices in foreign subsidiaries

AW Harzing

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Abstract

This study investigates executive staffing practices in foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations. Grounded in a literature review of the reasons for employing either parent country nationals or host country nationals in top management positions in foreign subsidiaries, a number of factors influencing the choice between these alternatives are identified. Using a combination of an archival and mail survey research method, the influence of each of these factors is empirically tested with a sample of nearly 3000 observations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-158
Journal	Human Resource Management
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.1004
Publication status	Published - Jun 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

HUMAN-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
MULTINATIONAL-CORPORATIONS
UNITED-STATES
AMERICAN
COORDINATION
JAPANESE
POLICIES
STRATEGY

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