從文化距離的觀點來看跨國企業的海外派遣~在台日本, 歐美企業之實證研究

Using Hofsted’s six cultural dimensions for the calculation of the cultural distance between the parent country and the host country, the thesis attempts to understand the relationship between cultural distance and the ratio of parent country nationals in the subsidiary’s workforce, and the relationship between cultural distance and the likelihood of the subsidiary Managing Director being a parent country national. The thesis also examines how the sector which the subsidiary is active in, capital, number of employees, and the subsidiary’s number of years in business determine the nationality of the subsidiary Managing Director. The study results show that there is a negative relationship between cultural distance and the ratio of parent country nationals in the subsidiary’s workforce, the shorter the cultural distance between the parent country and the host country, the greater the likelihood of the subsidiary Managing Director being a parent country national、and except for the type of sector which the subsidiary is active in, the subsidiary’s capital, number of employees and number of years in business have no influence on the determination of the nationality of the subsidiary Managing Director.