- Title
- Managerial mindset as the mechanism of the country-of-origin effect: evidence from Chinese multinational enterprises' approach to employer associations
- Creator
- Zhu, Judith Shuqin; Jack, Robert
- Relation
- International Journal of Human Resource Management Vol. 28, Issue 13, p. 1767-1785
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1126333
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- The country-of-origin effect (COE) on employment practices in multinational enterprises (MNEs) has become an important area of international human resource management research. However, research on the mechanisms of the COE, a fundamental and critical aspect of the country-of-origin phenomenon, is scant. This study seeks to empirically explore the mechanisms through which country-of-origin influences Chinese MNEs' approach to host-country employer associations. Analysis of qualitative data from 13 Chinese MNEs revealed that country of origin affected the approach of Chinese MNEs to host-country employer associations in the form of transfer of managerial norms. It also revealed that it was the mindset of those home-country nationals who were key decision-makers at subsidiaries that enabled the COE in Chinese MNEs. This paper highlights the importance for future studies of international strategic human resources management to pay attention to micro-foundations of cross-border practice transfer and to incorporate analyses of managerial cognition in the investigation of MNEs' management practices.
- Subject
- country-of-origin effect; Chinese multinational enterprises; employer associations; managers’ mindset; employment practices
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1387964
- Identifier
- uon:32701
- Identifier
- ISSN:0958-5192
- Language
- eng
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