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International Human Resource Management

In: International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms

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  • Timothy Dean Keeley

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Chapter 4 focuses on the variable IHRM in the Conceptual Model of Factors Affecting HCN Integration. First, an explanation of how the timing and characteristics of the development of Japanese MNCs have shaped their organizational structures is offered. Then the IHRM of Japanese MNCs is described in terms of Perlmutter’s (1969) ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, and geocentric paradigm. The section thereafter deals with the centralization/decentralization dichotomy and subsidiary autonomy. In this regard, an analysis of the control systems employed by Japanese and other MNCs as well as subsidiary autonomy indicates that there is a high degree of centralized control in Japanese MNCs. The next section demonstrates how the staffing of foreign subsidiary management positions with Japanese PCNs is an important method of subsidiary control employed by Japanese MNCs. The consequences of these ethnocentric staffing policies are also examined.

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  • Timothy Dean Keeley, 2001. "International Human Resource Management," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms, chapter 4, pages 98-140, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59765-5_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230597655_4
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