Author： Faulkner David Pitkethly Robert Child John
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1466-4399
Source： International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.13, Iss.1, 2002-02, pp. : 106-122
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Abstract
The paper investigates HRM practices adopted by companies from the USA, Japan, Germany and France in UK companies that they have acquired. UK/UK acquisitions are used as a control. The research is based on a survey instrument applied to 201 companies and interviews with forty. It notes that there is some convergence of HRM practices, in that, for example, all countries researched employ performance-related pay and increase the amount of training in their new subsidiaries. It finds, however, that there is a distinct difference in the HRM practices employed by companies from each of the countries, influenced by the characteristic HR practices common to companies in the country of origin of the parent.
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