TY - JOUR
T1 - MNCs in Central, Southern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union
T2 - Investment decisions and the regulation of employment
AU - Dibben, Pauline
AU - Wood, Geoffrey
AU - Le, Hang
AU - Williams, Colin C.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - This article explores the relationship between the regulation of employment and the decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs) to invest in Central, Southern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Building on La Porta etal.'s work on legal origin, and its assumptions as to the incompatibility of owner and worker rights, the World Bank's Doing Business reports held that countries with stronger protection for worker rights represented poor destinations for investors. However, is it the case that investors are really deterred by employee rights? Our study investigates actual trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) through an analysis of UNCTAD World Investment Reports. We find that the level of individual and collective rights and social security legislation is not significantly associated with FDI.
AB - This article explores the relationship between the regulation of employment and the decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs) to invest in Central, Southern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Building on La Porta etal.'s work on legal origin, and its assumptions as to the incompatibility of owner and worker rights, the World Bank's Doing Business reports held that countries with stronger protection for worker rights represented poor destinations for investors. However, is it the case that investors are really deterred by employee rights? Our study investigates actual trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) through an analysis of UNCTAD World Investment Reports. We find that the level of individual and collective rights and social security legislation is not significantly associated with FDI.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=81355146512&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00182.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00182.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:81355146512
SN - 0954-5395
VL - 21
SP - 379
EP - 394
JO - Human Resource Management Journal
JF - Human Resource Management Journal
IS - 4
ER -
