IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/idi/jiedee/v17y2011i2p47-67.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

La Empresa Multinacional Y La Decisión De Exportar O Adaptar Sus Prácticas De Dirección De Recursos Humanos / The Multinational Enterprise And The Decision To Export Or Adapt Human Resource Management Practices

Author

Listed:
  • Lertxundi Lertxundi, Aitziber

    (Universidad del País Vasco (España))

Abstract

En este trabajo se analiza la proclividad de las empresas multinacionales hacia la exportación de su sistema de dirección de recursos humanos (DRH) a sus filiales exteriores, en función de la calidad percibida del mismo y de las diferencias de los contextos culturales matrizfilial. A partir de un estudio exploratorio cualitativo y de otro cuantitativo sobre una muestra de 58 multinacionales industriales españolas y sus correspondientes filiales foráneas, se concluye que la calidad del sistema de DRH de la matriz influye significativamente en su decisión de exportarlo a la filial, mientras que la diferencia con el contexto cultural de la filial no es determinante en la transferencia de los principios básicos del sistema de recursos humanos, aunque posiblemente sí en la de sus prácticas y subprocesos. / This study analyses the readiness of multinational enterprises to export their human resource management (HRM) system to their subsidiaries abroad, depending on the perceived quality of the system and the differences in the cultural contexts of the headquarters and subsidiaries. Using a qualitative exploratory study and another quantitative study of a sample of 58 Spanish industrial multinationals and their affiliates, we conclude that the quality of the headquarters-based HRM system has a significant influence when it comes to deciding whether to export it to the subsidiary, whereas the difference in cultural contexts is not decisive when transferring the basic principles of the human resources system, although it possibly is decisive in the transfer of practices and sub-processes.

Suggested Citation

  • Lertxundi Lertxundi, Aitziber, 2011. "La Empresa Multinacional Y La Decisión De Exportar O Adaptar Sus Prácticas De Dirección De Recursos Humanos / The Multinational Enterprise And The Decision To Export Or Adapt Human Resource Management," Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (IEDEE), Academia Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (AEDEM), vol. 17(2), pages 47-67.
  • Handle: RePEc:idi:jiedee:v:17:y:2011:i:2:p:47-67
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.aedem-virtual.com/articulos/iedee/v17/172047.pdf
    File Function: complete text
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Transferencia de Prácticas de DRH; Mejores Prácticas; Sistemas de Trabajo de Alto Rendimiento; Cultura nacional; España.; Transfer of HRM practices; Best Practices; High Performance Work Systems; National culture; Spain.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:idi:jiedee:v:17:y:2011:i:2:p:47-67. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tony Crespo Franco (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.aedem-virtual.com/es/journal/iedee .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.