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Adoption of High‐Performance Work Systems by Local Subsidiaries of Developed Country and Turkish MNEs and Indigenous Firms in Turkey
Author(s) -
Demirbag Mehmet,
Tatoglu Ekrem,
Wilkinson Adrian
Publication year - 2015
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.21706
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , subsidiary , indigenous , internationalization , business , extant taxon , turkish , work (physics) , international business , industrial organization , international trade , economics , management , mechanical engineering , ecology , linguistics , evolutionary biology , philosophy , finance , engineering , biology
High‐performance work systems ( HPWSs ) are seen as important in helping strengthen competitive strategies of developed‐country multinational enterprises ( DC MNEs ). Commensurate with global competitive pressures and internationalization strategies, emerging‐country MNEs ( EC MNEs ) and indigenous firms are also increasingly adopting HPWSs . HPWSs are not only seen as simply performance enhancing systems, but also as facilitators of internationalization. MNEs represent an important test bed for the HPWSs and their applicability in different national contexts. In this article, we contribute to the extant literature by focusing on HPWS adoption level within domestic subsidiaries of DC MNEs and EC MNEs along with stand‐alone indigenous firms in a single‐country setting by keeping the host‐country environment as constant. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.