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Author:   Phil Almond (Lecturer in Employment Studies, Centre for Labour Market Studies, University of Leicester) ,  Anthony Ferner (Professor of International Human Resource Management, Leicester Business School de Montfort University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.695kg
ISBN:  

9780199274635

ISBN 10:   0199274630
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   20 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION 1: Anthony Ferner and Phil Almond: Introduction: American Multinationals and the Cross-national Management of Employment Relations 2: Anthony Ferner and Anne Tempel: Multinationals and National Business Systems: a 'Power and Institutions' Perspective PART II THE CONTEXT 3: Ian Clark and Phil Almond: Overview of the US Business System 4: Tony Edwards, Paddy Gunnigle, Javier Quintanilla and Hartmut Wächter: Overview of the Host Business Systems 5: Peter Butler, David Collings, Ren? Peters, and Javier Quintanilla: The Case Study Companies in their Organizational Context PART III THE FINDINGS: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS POLICIES AND PRACTICES 6: Trevor Colling, Paddy Gunnigle, Javier Quintanilla, and Anne Tempel: Collective Representation and Participation 7: Phil Almond, Michael Muller-Camen, David Collings and Javier Quintanilla: Pay and Performance 8: Anthony Ferner, Michael Morley, Michael Muller-Camen and Lourdes Susaeta: Workforce Diversity Policies 9: Peter Butler, David Collings, Ren? Peters, and Javier Quintanilla: The Management of Managerial Careers PART IV THE FINDINGS: STRUCTURE, PROCESS, AND DYNAMICS 10: Anthony Ferner, Paddy Gunnigle, Javier Quintanilla, Hartmut Wächter and Tony Edwards: Centralization 11: Tony Edwards, David Collings, Javier Quintanilla and Anne Tempel: Innovation and the Transfer of Organizational Learning 12: Hartmut Wächter, René Peters, Anthony Ferner, Paddy Gunnigle and Javier Quintanilla: The Role of the International Personnel Function 13: Phil Almond, Trevor Colling, Tony Edwards and Anthony Ferner: Conclusions

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This book is an important contribution to a fast growing literature on industrial relations in foreign-owned companies...a benchmark for future comparative studies of multinational companies as employers. Guglielmo Meardi Industrial Relations Journal

Author Information

Phil Almond is a Reader in Human Resource Management at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University. His published research interests include labour management in MNCs, comparative industrial and employment relations, wage determination systems, gender pay inequality, comparative methodology and the effects of corporate governance regimes on the management of labour. Anthony Ferner is Professor of International Human Resource Management at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester. His research is concerned with employment relations in multinational companies, focusing in particular on the interaction between multinational behaviour and national employment relations systems.

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