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Author:Ferner, A.
Quintanilla, J.
Title:Between Globalization and Capitalist Variety: Multinationals and the International Diffusion of Employment Relations
Journal:European Journal of Industrial Relations
2002 : NOV, VOL. 8:3, p. 243-250
Index terms:GLOBALIZATION
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
EMPLOYMENT
ANALYTICAL REVIEW
Language:eng
Abstract:This brief article introduces the principal issues arising from the attempts of globalizing multinationals to transfer employment practices between institutionally diverse national business systems. It summarizes the contribution of the other articles in this special issue to four specific questions relatively neglected in the existing literature. First, what the impact on multinationals' employment practices of sub-national variation within national business systems is. Second, how employment relations are affected by sectoral effects, and in particular by the complex interaction between global sectoral governance regimes and national institutional frameworks. Third, to what extent the employment practices are diffused by multinationals modified through interaction with the institutional characteristics of the host.
SCIMA record nr: 248008
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