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Tregaskis, O, Wu, C, Daniels, K, Hogg, M, Almond, P, Edwards, T, Kern, P, Kim, K (2026) Global HRM and transnational networks: unpacking the micro‐behavioral process supporting global HRM integration using a quantitative multi‐source, multi‐level design, Human Resource Management Journal, ISSN: 0954-5395. DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.70065.

Kim, K, Almond, P, Edwards, T, Kern, P, Tregaskis, O (2026) Constructing “one firm”: discursive identity work and power in a global professional service firm, Journal of Professions and Organization, 13(3), joag007, ISSN: 2051-8803. DOI: 10.1093/jpo/joag007.

Fortwengel, J, Edwards, T, Schnyder, G, Kern, P, Svystunova, L (2026) Institutional distance and the lived experience of actors in the contemporary MNC: the role of positionality, Human Resource Management Journal, ISSN: 0954-5395. DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.70045.

Edwards, M, Townsend, K, Wilkinson, A, Edwards, T (2025) A longitudinal study of employee participation in the context of organisational change, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 36(19), pp.3437-3468, ISSN: 0958-5192. DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2025.2602083.

Saka-Helmhout, A, Álamos-Concha, P, Polo-Barceló, C, Edwards, T, Murray, G (2024) Corporate social innovation by multinationals: A framework for future research, International Business Review, 33(5), ISSN: 0969-5931. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102273.

Saka-Helmhout, A, Álamos-Concha, P, López, MM, Hagan, J, Murray, G, Edwards, T, Kern, P, Martin, I, Zhang, LE (2024) Stakeholder engagement strategies for impactful corporate social innovation initiatives by multinational enterprises, Journal of International Management, (30), 101159, ISSN: 1075-4253. DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101159.

Edwards, T, Kim, K, Almond, P, Kern, P, Tregaskis, O, Zhang, LE (2024) Correction to: Forgotten globalizing actors: towards an understanding of the range of individuals involved in global norm formation in multinational companies (Journal of International Business Studies, (2024), 10.1057/s41267-023-00663-6), Journal of International Business Studies, ISSN: 0047-2506. DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00685-8.

Edwards, T, Kim, K, Almond, P, Kern, P, Tregaskis, O, Zhang, L (2024) Forgotten globalizing actors: towards an understanding of the range of individuals involved in global norm formation in multinational companies, Journal of International Business Studies, 56(2), pp.273-299, ISSN: 0047-2506. DOI: 10.1057/s41267-023-00663-6.

Svystunova, L, Muratova, Y, Fortwengel, J, Edwards, T (2023) Multinational corporations’ interactions with host institutions: taking stock and moving forward, Management International Review, 64(1), pp.3-33, ISSN: 0938-8249. DOI: 10.1007/s11575-023-00525-1.

Zhang, LE, Zhao, S, Kern, P, Edwards, T, Zhang, Z-X (2022) The pursuit of indigenous innovation amid the Tech Cold War: the case of a Chinese high-tech firm, International Business Review, 32(6), 102079, ISSN: 0969-5931. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102079.

Kern, P, Alamos-Concha, P, Edwards, T, Machado, M, Saka-Helmhout, A, Zhang, LE (2022) Social innovation in multinational companies: Activists, practices and social skills, AIB Insights, 22(1), ISSN: 1938-9590. DOI: 10.46697/001c.33078.

Edwards, T, Almond, P, Murray, G, Tregaskis, O (2021) International human resource management in multinational companies: Global norm making within strategic action fields, Human Resource Management Journal, 32(3), pp.683-697, ISSN: 0954-5395. DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12422.

Edwards, T, Svystunova, L, Almond, P, Kern, P, Kim, K, Tregaskis, O (2021) Whither National Subsidiaries? The need to refocus International Management research on structures and processes that matter, Journal of International Business Studies, 53, pp.203-210, ISSN: 0047-2506. DOI: 10.1057/s41267-021-00437-y.

Almond, P, Edwards, T, Kern, P, Kim, K, Tregaskis, O (2021) Global norm-making processes in contemporary multinationals, Human Resource Management Journal, 34(1), pp.55-73, ISSN: 0954-5395. DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12350.

Edwards, T, Tregaskis, O, McDonnell, A (2020) Towards an understanding of configurational and national influences on international integration in the HR function in MNCs, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(7), pp.1463-1488, ISSN: 0958-5192. DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2020.1771399.

Almond, P, Edwards, T, Kern, P, Kim, K, Tregaskis, O (2019) Formality and Informality in Global Norm-Making in Multinationals, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1), p.11313, ISSN: 0065-0668. DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2019.11313abstract.

Edwards, T, Schnyder, G, Fortwengel, J (2019) Mapping the impact of home and host-country institutions on HRM in emerging market MNCs: A conceptual framework, Thunderbird International Business Review, 61(3), pp.531-544, ISSN: 1096-4762. DOI: 10.1002/tie.22036.

Bartram, T, Adam, D, Edwards, T, Jalette, P, Burgess, J, Stanton, P (2019) A Comparison of Contemporary Human Resource Management and Employment Relations Practices of Japanese and US Multinational Corporation Subsidiaries: Evidence from Four Countries, Relations Industrielles, 74(4), pp.742-779, ISSN: 0034-379X. DOI: 10.7202/1066833ar.

Edwards, MR, Lipponen, J, Edwards, T, Hakonen, M (2017) Trajectories and antecedents of integration in mergers and acquisitions: A comparison of two longitudinal studies, Human Relations, 70(10), pp.1258-1290, ISSN: 0018-7267. DOI: 10.1177/0018726716686169.

Edwards, T, Sanchez-Mangas, R, Jalette, P, Lavelle, J, Minbaeva, D (2016) Global standardization or national differentiation of HRM practices in multinational companies? A comparison of multinationals in five countries, Journal of International Business Studies, 47(8), pp.997-1021, ISSN: 0047-2506. DOI: 10.1057/s41267-016-0003-6.

Gunnigle, P, Pulignano, V, Edwards, T, Belizón, MJ, Navrbjerg, S, Olsen, KM, Susaeta, L (2015) Advancing understanding on industrial relations in multinational companies: Key research challenges and the INTREPID contribution, Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(2), pp.146-165, ISSN: 0022-1856. DOI: 10.1177/0022185614564371.

Edwards, T, Sanchez-Mangas, R, Bélanger, J, McDonnell, A (2015) Why Are Some Subsidiaries of Multinationals the Source of Novel Practices while Others Are Not? National, Corporate and Functional Influences, British Journal of Management, 26(2), pp.146-162, ISSN: 1045-3172. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12090.

Léonard, E, Pulignano, V, Lamare, R, Edwards, T (2014) Multinational corporations as political players, Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 20(2), pp.171-182, ISSN: 1024-2589. DOI: 10.1177/1024258914525559.

Léonard, E, Pulignano, V, Lamare, R, Edwards, T (2014) Editorial, Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, 20(2), pp.169-169, ISSN: 1024-2589. DOI: 10.1177/1024258914525558b.

Léonard, E, Pulignano, V, Lamare, R, Edwards, T (2014) Éditorial, Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, 20(2), pp.168-168, ISSN: 1024-2589. DOI: 10.1177/1024258914525558a.

Léonard, E, Pulignano, V, Lamare, R, Edwards, T (2014) Editorial, Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, 20(2), pp.167-167, ISSN: 1024-2589. DOI: 10.1177/1024258914525558.

Edwards, T and Edwards, MR (2014) Perceptions of employee voice and representation in the post-acquisition period: Comparative and longitudinal evidence from an international acquisition, Human Relations, 68(1), pp.131-156, ISSN: 0018-7267. DOI: 10.1177/0018726714525649.

Edwards, T, Tregaskis, O, Collings, D, Jalette, P, Susaeta, L (2013) Control over Employment Practice in Multinationals: Subsidiary Functions, Corporate Structures, and National Systems, ILR Review, 66(3), pp.670-695, ISSN: 0019-7939. DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600305.

Edwards, T, Marginson, P, Ferner, A (2013) Multinational Companies in Cross-National Context: Integration, Differentiation, and the Interactions between MNCS and Nation States, ILR Review, 66(3), pp.547-587, ISSN: 0019-7939. DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600301.

Edwards, MR and Edwards, T (2013) Employee Responses to Changing Aspects of the Employer Brand Following a Multinational Acquisition: A Longitudinal Study, Human Resource Management, 52(1), pp.27-54, ISSN: 0090-4848. DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21519.

Gospel, H and Edwards, T (2012) Strategic transformation and muddling through: industrial relations and industrial training in the UK, Journal of European Public Policy, 19(8), pp.1229-1248, ISSN: 1350-1763. DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2012.709023.

Edwards, MR and Edwards, T (2012) Company and country effects in international mergers and acquisitions: Employee perceptions of a merger in three European countries, Economic and Industrial Democracy, 33(3), pp.505-529, ISSN: 0143-831X. DOI: 10.1177/0143831x11421685.

Edwards, MR and Edwards, T (2012) Internalizing Corporate CSR Principles: Authenticity and the Moderating Role of Justice, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012(1), p.15968, ISSN: 0065-0668. DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2012.15968abstract.

Edwards, T, Jalette, P, Tregaskis, O (2012) To what extent is there a regional logic in the management of labour in multinational companies? Evidence from Europe and North America, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(12), pp.2468-2490, ISSN: 0958-5192. DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.668391.

Edwards, MR and Edwards, T (2012) Procedural justice and identification with the acquirer: the moderating effects of job continuity, organisational identity strength and organisational similarity, Human Resource Management Journal, 22(2), pp.109-128, ISSN: 0954-5395. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00176.x.

Ferner, A, Edwards, T, Tempel, A (2012) Power, institutions and the crossnational transfer of employment practices in multinationals, Human Relations, 65(2), pp.163-187, ISSN: 0018-7267. DOI: 10.1177/0018726711429494.

Edwards, T (2011) The nature of international integration and human resource policies in multinational companies, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(3), pp.483-498, ISSN: 0309-166X. DOI: 10.1093/cje/beq033.

Ferner, A, Tregaskis, O, Edwards, P, Edwards, T, Marginson, P, Adam, D, Meyer, M (2011) HRM structures and subsidiary discretion in foreign multinationals in the UK, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(3), pp.483-509, ISSN: 0958-5192. DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.543628.

Edwards, T, Edwards, P, Ferner, A, Marginson, P, Tregaskis, O (2010) Multinational Companies and the Diffusion of Employment Practices from Outside the Country of Origin: Explaining Variation Across Firms, Management International Review, 50(5), pp.613-634, ISSN: 0938-8249. DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0051-2.

Tregaskis, O, Edwards, T, Edwards, P, Ferner, A, Marginson, P (2010) Transnational learning structures in multinational firms: Organizational context and national embeddedness, Human Relations, 63(4), pp.471-499, ISSN: 0018-7267. DOI: 10.1177/0018726709339095.

Marginson, P, Edwards, P, Edwards, T, Ferner, A, Tregaskis, O (2010) Employee Representation and Consultative Voice in Multinational Companies Operating in Britain, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 48(1), pp.151-180, ISSN: 0007-1080. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00749.x.

Edwards, T and Tempel, A (2010) Explaining variation in reverse diffusion of HR practices: Evidence from the German and British subsidiaries of American multinationals, Journal of World Business, 45(1), pp.19-28, ISSN: 1090-9516. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.04.001.

Rees, C and Edwards, T (2009) Management strategy and HR in international mergers: choice, constraint and pragmatism, Human Resource Management Journal, 19(1), pp.24-39, ISSN: 0954-5395. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2008.00087.x.

Waring, P and Edwards, T (2008) Socially Responsible Investment: Explaining its Uneven Development and Human Resource Management Consequences, Corporate Governance: An International Review, 16(3), pp.135-145, ISSN: 0964-8410. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00676.x.

Edwards, T (2008) International Human Resource Management in Chinese Multinationals – By Jie Shen and Vincent Edwards, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 46(1), pp.215-217, ISSN: 0007-1080. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00672_10.x.

Edwards, T, Colling, T, Ferner, A (2007) Conceptual approaches to the transfer of employment practices in multinational companies: an integrated approach, Human Resource Management Journal, 17(3), pp.201-217, ISSN: 0954-5395. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2007.00042.x.

Ortiz, L, Coller, X, Edwards, T, Rees, C, Wortmann, M (2007) Relaciones laborales en fusiones y adquisiciones transnacionales. Una aproximación política (Labour Relations in International Mergers and Takeovers. A Political Approach), Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, (120), p.11, ISSN: 0210-5233. DOI: 10.2307/40184832.

Tempel, A, Edwards, T, Ferner, A, Muller-Camen, M, Wächter, H (2006) Subsidiary responses to institutional duality: Collective representation practices of US multinationals in Britain and Germany, Human Relations, 59(11), pp.1543-1570, ISSN: 0018-7267. DOI: 10.1177/0018726706072863.

Edwards, T, Coller, X, Ortiz, L, Rees, C, Wortmann, M (2006) National Industrial Relations Systems and Cross-border Restructuring: Evidence from a Merger in the Pharmaceuticals Sector, European Journal of Industrial Relations, 12(1), pp.69-87, ISSN: 0959-6801. DOI: 10.1177/0959680106061369.

Edwards, T, Almond, P, Clark, I, Colling, T, Ferner, A (2005) Reverse Diffusion in US Multinationals: Barriers from the American Business System, Journal of Management Studies, 42(6), pp.1261-1286, ISSN: 0022-2380. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00541.x.

ALMOND, P, EDWARDS, T, COLLING, T, FERNER, A, GUNNIGLE, P, MÜLLER‐CAMEN, M, QUINTANILLA, J, WÄCHTER, H (2005) Unraveling Home and Host Country Effects: An Investigation of the HR Policies of an American Multinational in Four European Countries, Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society, 44(2), pp.276-306, ISSN: 0019-8676. DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2005.00384.x.

Edwards, T and Kuruvilla, S (2005) International HRM: national business systems, organizational politics and the international division of labour in MNCs, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 16(1), pp.1-21, ISSN: 0958-5192. DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000295920.

Edwards, T (2004) Corporate governance, industrial relations and trends in company‐level restructuring in Europe: convergence towards the Anglo‐American model?, Industrial Relations Journal, 35(6), pp.518-535, ISSN: 0019-8692. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2004.00331.x.

Ferner, A, Almond, P, Clark, I, Colling, T, Edwards, T, Holden, L, Muller-Camen, M (2004) Dynamics of Central Control and Subsidiary Autonomy in the Management of Human Resources: Case-Study Evidence from US MNCs in the UK, Organization Studies, 25(3), pp.363-391, ISSN: 0170-8406. DOI: 10.1177/0170840604040041.

Almond, P, Edwards, T, Clark, I (2003) Multinationals and changing national business systems in Europe: towards the ‘shareholder value’ model?, Industrial Relations Journal, 34(5), pp.430-445, ISSN: 0019-8692. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2003.00288.x.

Edwards, T and Ferner, A (2002) The renewed ‘American Challenge’: a review of employment practice in US multinationals, Industrial Relations Journal, 33(2), pp.94-111, ISSN: 0019-8692. DOI: 10.1111/1468-2338.00222.

Edwards, T (2000) Multinationals, international integration and employment practice in domestic plants, Industrial Relations Journal, 31(2), pp.115-129, ISSN: 0019-8692. DOI: 10.1111/1468-2338.00151.

Edwards, T, Rees, C, Coller, X (1999) Structure, Politics and the Diffusion of Employment Practices in Multinationals, European Journal of Industrial Relations, 5(3), pp.286-306, ISSN: 0959-6801. DOI: 10.1177/095968019953004.

Edwards, T (1999) Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: the implications for labour, Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, 5(3), pp.320-343, ISSN: 1024-2589. DOI: 10.1177/102425899900500305.

Coller, X, Edwards, T, Rees, C (1999) Difusión e isomorfismo en las organizaciones. El caso de las multinacionales, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, (86), p.79, ISSN: 0210-5233. DOI: 10.2307/40184146.



Conferences

Svystunova, L and Edwards, T (2019) MNC Interactions with Host Country Institutions: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda. In , Academy of Management Proceedings, pp.16773-16773, DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2019.16773abstract.

Ferner, A, Almond, P, Colling, T, Edwards, T (2005) Policies on Union Representation in US Multinationals in the UK: Between Micro-Politics and Macro-Institutions. In , British Journal of Industrial Relations, pp.703-728, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00480.x.



Chapters

Kern, P, Zhang, LE, Edwards, T, Svystunova, L (2026) The transfer of employment practices across borders in multinational companies: from context to actors. In S, R, H, T, A-W, H (ed) International Human Resource Management, SAGE Publications.

Kern, P, Zhang, LE, Edwards, T, Svystunova, L (2023) The Transfer of Employment Practices across Borders in Multinational Companies. In International Human Resource Management, SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.4135/9781036231477.n12.

Kern, P, Zhang, LE, Edwards, T, Svystunova, L (2022) The transfer of employment practices across borders in multinational companies: From context to actors. In Reiche, BS, Tenzer, H, Harzing, A-W (ed) International Human Resource Management [Sixth Edition], SAGE Publications, pp.375-400, ISBN: 9781529763751.

Kern, P, Almond, P, Edwards, T, Tregaskis, O (2019) Multinational and Transnational Organizations. In The Oxford Handbook of Management Ideas, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp.176-194, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198794219.013.15.

Edwards, T and Ferner, A (2012) The International Human Resource Function. In Managing Human Resources, Wiley, pp.79-99, DOI: 10.1002/9781119208235.ch5.

Edwards, T, Collings, DG, Quintanilla, J, Tempel, A (2007) Innovation and the Transfer of Organizational Learning. In American Multinationals in Europe Managing Employment Relations Across National Borders,, DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199274635.003.0011.

Edwards, T, Gunnigle, P, Quintanilla, J, Wächter, H (2007) Overview of the Host Business Systems. In American Multinationals in Europe Managing Employment Relations Across National Borders,, DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199274635.003.0004.

Ferner, A, Gunnigle, P, Quintanilla, J, Wächter, H, Edwards, T (2007) Centralization. In American Multinationals in Europe Managing Employment Relations Across National Borders,, DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199274635.003.0010.

Almond, P, Colling, T, Edwards, T, Ferner, A (2006) Conclusions. In American Multinationals in Europe, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp.271-290, DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199274635.003.0013.

Edwards, T and Ferner, A (2004) Multinationals, Reverse Diffusion and National Business Systems. In Management International Review, Springer Nature, pp.49-79, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-322-90999-2_4.



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