Are ‘Host Country’ Effects On The Practice Of Huma Essay

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|Question No. & Title:                 |Are ‘host country’ effects on the practice of human resource         |
|                                     |management in multinational companies better explained in terms of   |
|                                     |differences in national cultures or national institutions? Why does   |
|                                     |it matter?                                                           |
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Are ‘host country’ effects on the practice of human resource management in multinational companies better explained in terms of differences in national cultures or national institutions? Why does it matter?

When multinational companies (MNC) set up subsidiaries they have to control their business with rules they used in those national, MNC has to consider the custom practice used in the host environment as they have to apply HRM policies and rules that are consistent with other subsidiaries in the home country (Harzing & Pinnington, 2011). Research has shown that companies in different countries got different HRM policies and many problems may arise when...