A typology of international human resource management in Japanese multinational corporations: Organizational implications

✍ Scribed by Allan Bird; Sully Taylor; Schon Beechler

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 158 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4848
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-050x(199822)37:2<159::aid-hrm6>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

This article outlines a typology of approaches to the design of international human resource management (HRM) systems in multinational corporations based on a ten-year study of Japanese affiliates in the United States, Europe, and Asia. After outlining four different approaches based on the dimensions of parent company imprint, problem attribution, and diffusion of HRM innovations, the article discusses the implications for organizations in the areas of flexibility, organizational learning, integration and coordination, and cost.