TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamics of decision power in the localization process: Comparative case studies of China-Western IJVs
AU - Wilson, Marie
AU - Chen, Shaohui
AU - Erakovic, Ljiljana
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - International HRM has focused on the MNC and its control and compliance mechanisms, particularly the tension between ‘internationalizing’ practices and normative host-country practices. This contingency approach does not capture the complexity of MNC interactions in the local environment, however, particularly with regard to international joint ventures (IJVs). Partners to the IJV may wish to impose their own practices, and use contractual and non-contractual resource power, internationalization expertise and operational consistency requirements to gain relative decisional advantage. Case studies of four Sino-Western IJVs illustrate the dynamics of IHRM development under conditions of weak socio-legal constraint and high cultural distance between partners.
AB - International HRM has focused on the MNC and its control and compliance mechanisms, particularly the tension between ‘internationalizing’ practices and normative host-country practices. This contingency approach does not capture the complexity of MNC interactions in the local environment, however, particularly with regard to international joint ventures (IJVs). Partners to the IJV may wish to impose their own practices, and use contractual and non-contractual resource power, internationalization expertise and operational consistency requirements to gain relative decisional advantage. Case studies of four Sino-Western IJVs illustrate the dynamics of IHRM development under conditions of weak socio-legal constraint and high cultural distance between partners.
KW - China
KW - International HRM
KW - international joint ventures
KW - localization
KW - China
KW - International HRM
KW - international joint ventures
KW - localization
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U2 - 10.1080/09585190600878352
DO - 10.1080/09585190600878352
M3 - Journal
VL - 17
SP - 1547
EP - 1571
JO - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 0958-5192
IS - 9
ER -