Subsidiary responses to institutional duality: Collective representation practices of US multinationals in Britain and Germany

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1543-1570

  Tempel, Anne ^a   Edwards, Tony ^b   Ferner, Anthony ^c   Muller Camen, Michael ^d   Wächter, Hartmut ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective representation; Institutional duality; Multinational companies; New institutionalism; Subsidiary responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751009386     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706072863     Document Type: Article

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