High-performance work systems in foreign subsidiaries of American multinationals: An institutional model

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-220

  Lawler, John J ^a   Chen, Shyh Jer ^b   Wu, Pei Chuan ^c   Bae, Johngseok ^d   Bai, Bing ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

human resource management (HRM); institutional theory; multinational corporations (MNCs) and enterprises (MNEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251508015     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.42     Document Type: Article

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