Belizon, MJ,Gunnigle, P,Morley, MJ,Lavelle, J

2014

September

European Journal Of Industrial Relations

Subsidiary autonomy over industrial relations in Ireland and Spain

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Employee consultation industrial relations international human resource management Ireland Spain subsidiary autonomy trade union engagement HUMAN-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT MULTINATIONAL-CORPORATIONS COMPANIES HRM REPRESENTATION DISCRETION COUNTRIES POLICIES DUALITY

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This article uses two parallel large-scale surveys in Ireland and Spain to test explanations of the variation in the autonomy of foreign subsidiaries of multinational companies over industrial relations policies, in particular regarding trade union engagement and employee consultation. We bring together three strands of literature: home- and host-country effects, organizational context and international human resources structures. Our results call attention to the significance of institutional effects, along with mode of entry of the subsidiary and the trajectory of new investments.

10.1177/0959680113517199