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Who's in Charge? An Empirical Study of Executive Staffing Practices in Foreign Subsidiaries
Author(s) -
Harzing AnneWil
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.1004
Subject(s) - subsidiary , staffing , multinational corporation , business , sample (material) , parent company , empirical research , accounting , management , business administration , economics , finance , statistics , chemistry , chromatography , mathematics
This study investigates executive staffing practices in foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations. Grounded in a literature review of the reasons for employing either parent country nationals or host country nationals in top management positions in foreign subsidiaries, a number of factors influencing the choice between these alternatives are identified. Using a combination of an archival and mail survey research method, the influence of each of these factors is empirically tested with a sample of nearly 3000 observations. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.