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Vive les différences? Voice in French MNCs' overseas workplaces: a comparative study of voice in French, German and US subsidiaries in the UK

Tueselmann, Heinz-Josef ; Allen, Matthew MC; McDonald, Frank

The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 2015;26(8):1152-1168.

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Abstract

Foreign-owned firms help to disseminate management practices across UK companies; this includes the ability of indigenous firms to learn improved human resource management (HRM) practices from leading foreign companies. Analysing the transfer of HRM policies forms an important strand of the international HRM and comparative capitalisms literatures; however, large-scale, comparative studies of voice patterns in German, US and, in particular, French subsidiaries in the UK are limited. This paper draws on a major survey that includes the, to date, largest sample of French MNC subsidiaries. It does not simply identify the existence of different kinds of voice mechanisms, but examines how these different practices come together in the implementation of subsidiaries' voice policies. This enables the detection of subtle, but important, differences in the subsidiaries' voice practices. French subsidiaries are significantly less likely to pursue a partnership approach to voice than their German and US counterparts. French and US establishments are significantly more likely to adopt a ‘bleak house’ approach than German ones. Importantly, these key differences only emerge at a fine-grained level of analysis that examines how subsidiaries implement voice practices.

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Accepted
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26
Issue:
8
Start page:
1152
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1168
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16
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1152-1168
Digital Object Identifier:
10.1080/09585192.2014.925949
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Immediate release
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20th June, 2014
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Active

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Manchester eScholar ID:
uk-ac-man-scw:227496
Created by:
Allen, Matthew
Created:
20th June, 2014, 14:31:15
Last modified by:
Allen, Matthew
Last modified:
2nd November, 2015, 16:03:20

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