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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2009)
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HR Funtion Under Changes at Subsidiaries of Foreign Multinational Firms in Light of an Empirical Study in Hungary

Published:
2009-06-15
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2009/1/6
Author
Jozsef Poor
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Keywords
International corporations Human resource management Local subsidiaries Life cycle model
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Poor, J. (2009). HR Funtion Under Changes at Subsidiaries of Foreign Multinational Firms in Light of an Empirical Study in Hungary. Competitio, 8(1), 98-116. https://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2009/1/6
Abstract

Following almost two decades of multinational companies (MNCs) operating in the transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) expatriate and local managers continue to ask the following question: “How can we effectively manage the available human resources from our subsidiaries or assignees from the corporate centre?” A model of human resource (HR) practices in the subsidiary units of MNC’s in Hungary was developed from a review of the literature, extensive professional experience in the region and an interview-based survey at 42 subsidiaries of large multinational companies. This model describes the evolution of different HR variables in the light of external (macro) and internal (firm specific) factors.

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification: M16, M51, M52 és M54

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