Multinational companies and high-performance work practices in the Spanish manufacturing industry
Bayo-Moriones, Alberto ; Galdon-Sanchez, Jose Enrique
International Journal of Human Resource Management
2010
21
7-9
June - July
1248-1271
industrial sector ; multinational enterprise ; subsidiary ; work organization
Business economics
English
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"In this paper we use data from industrial plants to establish whether there are differences in the adoption of high-performance work practices (HPWPs) between subsidiaries of multinational firms and indigenous firms. We use a unique data set that consists of a sample of manufacturing establishments located in Spain. We consider 14 HPWPs and find that multinational firms adopt HPWPs more intensively than non-multinationals. We also find that the country of origin of the multinational firm is not so important. "
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