MNC's competitive strategies, experiences, and staffing policies for foreign affiliates
MNC's competitive strategies, experiences, and staffing policies for foreign affiliates
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跨国公司海外子公司的竞争战略、经验和人员配置政策
DOI：
10.1080/09585192.2011.599950
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2011
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Naoki Ando
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作者：
Yongsun Paik;Naoki Ando
本研究旨在探讨跨国公司海外子公司的策略角色与其国际人才政策之间的关系。具体而言，本研究探讨如何跨国公司的外派决策是受战略角色分配给外国子公司：全球一体化的活动与当地市场寻求。本文以808家日本企业的海外子公司为样本进行了实证研究。研究结果表明，仅靠外国子公司的战略角色可能无法充分解释日本跨国公司的国际人员配置政策。相反，我们发现国际以及东道国的经验对外国子公司的人员配置做法有显著的调节作用。跨国公司努力提高其业务的全球效率，其人事政策受到国际和东道国经验的影响，而那些寻求特定的当地市场地位的跨国公司则只受到东道国经验的影响。
This study investigates the relationship between the strategic role of a multinational corporation's (MNC) foreign affiliates and its international staffing policy. Specifically, this study examines how an MNC's decision on expatriation is affected by strategic roles assigned to foreign affiliates: global integration of activities versus local market seeking. An empirical study is conducted using a sample of 808 foreign affiliates of Japanese firms. The research findings suggest that strategic roles of foreign affiliates alone may not adequately explain the international staffing policies of Japanese MNCs. Rather, we found a significant moderating effect of international as well as host country experience on staffing practices for foreign affiliates. While the staffing policies of MNCs striving for improving global efficiency of their operation are moderated by both international and host country experience, those seeking a specific local market position are influenced only by host country experience.