International human resource management in multinational companies: Global norm making within strategic action fields

The formation of global norms that affect work is a crucial element to how multinational companies (MNCs) achieve degree HR integration internationally. We establish ‘strategic action fields’ framework guide research into norm-making in MNCs general and for analysing the those we term ‘globalising actors’—those who are active globalising firm's management its human resources—in particular. position our with relation existing international resource management, show field can benefit from achieving an approach contextualised, personalised contested.