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The Transfer of ‘International Best Practice’ in a Brazilian MNC: A Consideration of the Convergence and Contingency Perspectives (2016)
Journal Article
Geary, J., Aguzzoli, R., & Lengler, J. (2016). The Transfer of ‘International Best Practice’ in a Brazilian MNC: A Consideration of the Convergence and Contingency Perspectives. Journal of International Management, 23(2), 194-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2016.09.003

This study examines the transfer of a Brazilian MNC's HR model to its subsidiaries in the UK, Canada, Switzerland and Norway. It enquires where the model was sourced from, to what extent it bore a distinct Brazilian complexion, and whether it was ada... Read More about The Transfer of ‘International Best Practice’ in a Brazilian MNC: A Consideration of the Convergence and Contingency Perspectives.

Miners, politics and institutional caryatids: Accounting for the transfer of HRM practices in the Brazilian multinational enterprise (2016)
Journal Article
Geary, J., & Aguzzoli, R. (2016). Miners, politics and institutional caryatids: Accounting for the transfer of HRM practices in the Brazilian multinational enterprise. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(8), 968-996. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2016.24

This article contributes to the growing stream of research on power and micro-politics in the MNE. It is situated in the critical realist epistemology. It adopts Burawoy’s extended case study method together with a context-sensitive and an actor-cent... Read More about Miners, politics and institutional caryatids: Accounting for the transfer of HRM practices in the Brazilian multinational enterprise.