Employment Practices of Multinational Companies in Organisational Context, 2005-2006

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>This study was undertaken by a team based at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, Warwick Business School and King's College, London. It aimed to investigate employment practices in multinational companies' operations in the United Kingdom, and explored how these are influenced by organisational characteristics. It was the first survey based on a representative sample of multinationals operating in UK. <br>
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The sampled population included multinational companies with at least 500 employees in total. For UK-owned firms, eligibility was also based on a minimum of 100 employees in UK, and for overseas-owned firms, at least 100 employees in at least one other country. An initial brief telephone screening survey produced responses from 903 firms. For the main survey, data were collected through 302 structured face-to-face interviews with senior human resources (HR) managers responsible for the UK operations of multinational companies. Fieldwork was carried out by a survey research organisation, GfK NOP. Of the 302 responses, 258 were from operations of foreign-owned multinationals operating in UK, the remaining 44 from UK-owned multinationals. <br>
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The survey findings have been used to test propositions concerning the association between a company's employment practices and organisational factors, such as corporate structure, international integration of operations, nationality of ownership, and sector.<br>
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Further information about the study may be found on the Warwick Business School <a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/projects/mncemployment/" title="Employment Practices of Multinational Companies in Organisational Context">Employment Practices of Multinational Companies in Organisational Context</a> project web page and the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) <a href="http://www.esrcsocietytoday/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-000-23-0305" title="Employment Practices of Multinational Companies (MNCs) in Organisational Context: a Large-scale Survey">Employment Practices of Multinational Companies (MNCs) in Organisational Context: a Large-scale Survey</a> project web page.<br>
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The Principal Investigators request that, rather than using the shortened form "Edwards, P. et al.", users list all five authors when citing the study, as follows: "Edwards, P., Edwards, T., Ferner, A., Marginson, P. and Tregaskis, O. <i>Employment Practices of Multinational Companies in Organisational Context, 2005-2006</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], November 2007. SN: 5748."<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The survey covered the strategy, structure and control mechanisms of companies, and the international structure and role of the human resource management function. It also examined four substantive areas of employment practice: performance management and reward systems; organisational learning; employee involvement and communication; and employee representation.<br>
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The survey distinguished practice for three groups among the workforce: managers; the largest occupational group (LOG) among non-managerial employees; and (an innovation in the survey) a key group of employees critical to the firm’s core competence.

<P>本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据采集版权所有者所有。</P><br>本研究由德蒙福特大学莱斯特商学院、华威商学院及伦敦国王学院的团队联合开展，旨在调查英国境内跨国企业的雇佣实践，并探究组织特征对其产生的影响。本研究是首个基于在英运营跨国企业代表性样本的调研项目。<br><br>抽样总体涵盖雇员总数不少于500人的跨国企业。其中，英资企业的准入条件还要求其在英雇员规模不低于100人；外资企业则需在至少一个其他国家拥有不少于100名雇员。初始简短电话筛查调研共回收903家企业的有效回复。主调研阶段，研究团队通过对负责英国区运营的资深人力资源（Human Resources, HR）经理开展302次结构化面对面访谈收集数据，实地调研由专业调研机构GfK NOP执行。在302份有效回复中，258份来自在英运营的外资跨国企业，剩余44份来自英资跨国企业。<br><br>本调研的研究结果被用于检验关于企业雇佣实践与组织因素（如企业结构、运营的国际整合程度、所有权国籍及行业领域）之间关联的相关命题。<br><br>如需获取本研究的更多详细信息，可访问华威商学院的<a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/projects/mncemployment/" title="组织背景下跨国公司的雇佣实践">《组织背景下跨国公司的雇佣实践》</a>项目网页，以及经济与社会研究委员会（Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC）的<a href="http://www.esrcsocietytoday/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-000-23-0305" title="组织背景下跨国公司（Multinational Companies, MNCs）的雇佣实践：大规模调研">《组织背景下跨国公司（MNCs）的雇佣实践：大规模调研》</a>项目网页。<br><br>本研究的首席研究员提请用户，引用本研究时请勿使用“Edwards, P. et al.”这类缩写形式，需完整列出全部五位作者，引用格式如下："Edwards, P., Edwards, T., Ferner, A., Marginson, P. and Tregaskis, O. <i>组织背景下跨国公司的雇佣实践（2005-2006）</i> [计算机文件]. 埃塞克斯郡科尔切斯特：英国数据档案馆（UK Data Archive）[发行方], 2007年11月. SN: 5748."<br><br><B>主要研究主题</B>:<BR><br>本次调研涵盖企业的战略、结构与控制机制，以及人力资源管理职能的国际架构与角色。同时，调研还考察了雇佣实践的四大核心领域：绩效管理与薪酬体系、组织学习、员工参与与沟通，以及员工代表机制。<br><br>本次调研将劳动力划分为三类群体分别分析其雇佣实践：管理人员、非管理人员中的最大职业群体（LOG），以及本次调研的一项创新举措——对企业核心竞争力至关重要的关键员工群体。