Program

Please find here the final program  for the conference.

Thirty-five papers selected from the Call for Papers will be presented at the conference. Below you can find a summary of each. Conference participants will be able to access the full papers once the conference has concluded.

The Role of Institut Ions in the Integration of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions. A Multi-Level Analysis
Ruth V. Aguilera, John C. Dencker & Zeynep Y. Yalabik
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The Management of Pay, Wage Classification and Performance in UK Subsidiaries of US MNCs
Phil Almond
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The Cross-Border Dimension to Collective Bargaining in MNCs: Country, Sector and Company Variations around a Theme
Jim Arrowsmith & Paul Marginson
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Multinationals and Human Resource Policies
Alberto Bayo-Moriones, José E. Galdón-Sánchez & Maia Güell
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The Transnational Firm and the Contradictions of Capitalism
Jacques Bélanger & Paul Edwards
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Job Satisfaction among Expatriates, Repatriates and Domestic Employees. The Perceived Impact of International Assignments on Work-Related Variables
Jaime Bonache
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Organising across Borders: Differences in British and French Conceptions of Management and Their Impact on a Management Development Programme
Mehdi Boussebaa & Glenn Morgan
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HRM, Technology, and Business Strategies: How Multinationals Differ from National Firms in The U.S. Automotive Supplier Sector
William N. Cooke
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Configuring for IHRM Innovation: A Typology and Empirical Assessment of Strategies, Structures and Processes of International HRM
Michael Dickmann
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Between Local and Global: Flexibility in Mncs as Local Adjustment under Constraints
Delphine Dion
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How Important Are National Industrial Relations Systems in Shaping Restructuring in Multinational Companies? Evidence from a Cross-Border Merger in the Pharmaceuticals Sector
Tony Edwards, Xavier Coller, Luis Ortiz, Chris Rees & Michael Wortmann
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Comparative Institutional Analysis and the Diffusion of Employment Practices in Multinational Companies
Tony Edwards, Trevor Colling & Anthony Ferner
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Manufacturing Work: The Construction of Work and Employment Relations in Japanese Manufacturing Subsidiaries in the UK
Tony Elger & Chris Smith
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Exogenous Influences in Path Dependent Transformation Processes – The Effects of German Foreign Direct Investment on Work Organization and Labor Relations in Hungary
Michael Fichter, Christoph Dörrenbächer, Laszlo Neumann & András Tóth
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Turning Japanese? Chinese Workers in Multinational Retail Firms from Japan
Jos Gamble
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Employment Relations as a Resource in the Socio-Political Construction of Transnational Social Spaces by Multinational Companies (MNCs) and Their Subsidiaries in Germany and the UK
Mike Geppert & Karen Williams
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Innovators or Disruptors? An Exploration of the Polemic on American MNCs and their Industrial Relations Practices in Ireland
Patrick Gunnigle, David G. Collings & Michael Morley
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The Quiet Suffocation of Permanent Appointment Schemes? From Job Security to Flexible Compensation Packages in Norwegian Industry
Jan Erik Karlsen & Geir Nyboe
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Globalisation and Labour Market Segmentation: The Impact of Global Production Networks on Employment Patterns of German and UK Clothing Firms
Christel Lane & Jocelyn Probert
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The Negotiation of HRM Practices in Australian Subsidiaries of Overseas MNCs
Peter McGraw
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Who is hybridising what, and why? Considerations from central Europe
Guglielmo Meardi & Andreas Toth
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The Diffusion of Multinationals´ Policies and Local Response: An International Comparison of Germany, France and the U.S.A.
Pamela Meil
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Global Networks or Global Firms? The Organizational Implications of the Internationalisation of Law Firms
Glenn Morgan & Sigrid Quack
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Corporate Isomorphism vs. Home Country Effect: A Comparison of HR Practices of US MNCs in the UK and Germany
Michael Müller–Camen & Anne Tempel
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Discovering 'Localness' while Searching for 'Americaness': An Analysis of the Factors Influencing the International Employment Strategies of an American Multinational in Two European Countries
Valeria Pulignano
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Talent Management in Foreign Multinationals Operating in China: An Institutional Perspective
Serena Rovai
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The ‘Dominance Effect’: Multinational Corporation Employment Practices in the Italian and French Quick Food Service Industries
Tony Royle
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Organizational Learning: A By-Product of International Diversity or Institutional Legacies?
Ayse Saka
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Convergence versus Hybridity: Factors Affecting the Transfer of Japanese Management to the Malaysian Subsidiary of a Japanese MNC
Wendy A. Smith
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The Influence of Network Embeddedness on Technology Innovation and Transfer in Multinationals: R&D Centres of Excellence
Olga Tregaskis
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HR Practice Diffusion in Chinese Mncs Operating in the UK Motivation, Facilitation and Limitations
Miao Zhang & Christine Edwards
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