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| Author: | Geppert, M. Williams, K. Matten, D. |
| Title: | The Social Construction of Contextual Rationalities in MNCs: An Anglo-German Comparison of Subsidiary Choice |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
2003 : MAY, VOL. 40:3, p. 617-642 |
| Index terms: | MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS MANAGEMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper seeks to examine empirically the extent to which actors in subsidiaries of multinational companies (MNCs) are able to exercise some choice in the face of global pressures from the MNC headquarters (HQ). The authors argue that managerial practices in MNCs are not the result of a simple imposition of a global or a MNC organizational rationality but are subject to an interactive process, where differing contextual rationalities come into play. Using data from MNC subsidiaries, in Britain and Germany, the paper compares the power resources and strategic choices of subsidiary level actors and shows the ways in which they seek to influence global strategy implementation as it affects local work systems. |
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