ADOPTION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK SYSTEM IN NIGERIA MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES

Abstract

This study looks into the introduction and results of the adoption of High Performance Work System in Nigeria Multinational Companies. It also went further to explain the relationship between Head Quarter (HQ) and Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) and its influences on each other. Through this, we were able to discover the cultural institutional distance between country Manufacturing firms (MNC) and the host country of branches and its effect on them. Also, the study examines the determinants and result of the adoption of HPWS in foreign branches of multinational companies and corporations. We found out that head quarters have influence on strategic human resource management orientation and HPWS adoption varied among foreign branches originating from different continents.