Peripheral location equals localized labour? Multinationals and the internationalization of training and development in Ireland

Article Abstract:

The continuing growth of multinational companies (MNCs) and the increase in international trade has lead to employees being trained to work in an international environment. A study of MNCs in Ireland found that 41 businesses undertook to send their employees to other parts of the company for periods of over one year but these transfers were not very frequent. Some 63 Irish subsidiary companies sent their employees to another sections of the company to receive training. The 1995 study involved 140 subsidiaries of MNCs in Ireland.

Multinational Corporations, Business Personnel Management, Employee Relocation Procedures, Research, Employment, Management research, Employee development, Employee relocation, Branches (Business enterprises)

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Multinationals and human resource practices in Ireland: a rejection of the 'new conformance thesis.'

Article Abstract:

Questions are raised about the view that the industrial relations and human resource management procedures of multinational firms active in Ireland are very similar to those of domestic firms. It is argued that this view fails to take account of evidence about the predominance of country-of-origin effects in relation to host-country effects.

Labor relations

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Multinationals and human resource practices in Ireland: a rejection of the 'new conformance thesis': a reply

Article Abstract:

Contrasting views about the human resources management practices of multinational firms in Ireland are presented. It is argued that there are problems with the use of words such as 'convergence' to connect the human resources practices of domestic and foreign-owned companies.

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