NOTES
1. Human resource management was one of four functions about which we sought infornation. The
affiliate's top manager was identified as the person best placed to speak to all of them.
2. This finding is noteworthy in light of recent studies that have shown that American workers receive
less paid time off than their counterparts in other industrialized countries [Schor 1992]. Given the large
and increasing number of Americans working for affiliates of foreign-based MNCs, it is worthwhile
to ask whether these affiliates tend to follow local practices when it comes to paid time off, or whether
they adhere to the practices of their parent. Data from this study show that affiliates overwhelmingly
follow local U.S. practices.
3. For affiliates in service industries, product and process know-how were deleted.
4. Strictly speaking these are not "Canadian affiliates" or "Japanese affiliates" but "U.S. affiliates
of Canadian MNCs" and "U.S. affiliates of Japanese MNCs,"' respectively. We have used the former
terms to avoid the cumbersome phrasing of the latter