We examine how institutional context affects the decisions that subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs) make in pursuing particular human resource management (HRM) practices in response to institutional duality. Drawing on Varieties of Capitalism, along with the concept of intermediate conformity, we argue that the use of particular HRM practices by MNC subsidiaries will differ depending on both the combination of home and host institutional contexts, and on the nature of the particular practice under consideration. Using data from a survey of HRM practices in 1196 firms across 10 countries, we compare HRM practices in subsidiaries located and headquartered in different combinations of liberal and/or coordinated market economies. Our study suggests MNC subsidiaries conform only to the most persuasive norms, while exercising their agency to take advantage of the opportunities presented by institutional duality to adopt practices that distinguish them from indigenous competitors.

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跨国公司海外子公司的制度二元性与人力资源管理实践

我们研究制度背景如何影响跨国公司 (MNC) 的子公司在追求特定人力资源管理 (HRM) 实践以应对制度二元性时做出的决策。借鉴资本主义的多样性，以及中间一致性的概念，我们认为跨国公司子公司对特定 HRM 实践的使用将根据母国和东道国制度背景的组合以及所考虑的特定实践的性质而有所不同. 我们使用来自 10 个国家/地区的 1196 家公司的 HRM 实践调查数据，比较了位于和总部位于自由和/或协调市场经济的不同组合中的子公司的 HRM 实践。我们的研究表明，跨国公司子公司仅遵守最具说服力的规范，