Exploring employment relations practices of MNCs in Australia

This paper explores the literature relating to the employment relations practices of multinational companies (MNCs) operating in Australia and Australian MNCs operating overseas. These practices are framed in the context of theoretical debates concerning the apparent emergence of ‘multicentred’ or ‘heterarchic’ organisational forms in MNCs, the ‘country of origin’ effect that arises from the embeddedness of MNCs in the institutions of the home country and the extent to which there is a ‘corporate division of labour’ which governs the character of work in MNCs.