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Download fileGlobal norm-making processes in contemporary multinationals
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posted on 2021-05-11, 09:03 authored by Phil Almond, Tony EdwardsTony Edwards, Philipp KernPhilipp Kern, Kyoungmi Kim, Olga TregaskisThis paper contextualises and analyses global norm-making concerning the nature of work
within multinational companies. We develop a framework for analysing the relations between
formal and informal elements of global norm-making, stressing dynamic interdependencies
between formality and informality on four dimensions: the codification of norms;
enforcement mechanisms; the use of “platforms”; and aggregation with wider contexts. We
investigate four cases of transnational norm-making spaces across two multinationals, and
analyse how these interdependencies work, both for norms and practices that emanate from
the upper levels of corporate hierarchies, and those developed at lower levels among global
operational teams.
Funding
Globalizing Actors in Multinational Companies: The Creation, Diffusion, Implementation and Contestation of Global Norms
Economic and Social Research Council
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