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A study on factors that influence organizational identification among employees who work for foreign multinational corporations in Korea

국내 진출 다국적기업 자회사 종사자들의 조직동일시에 미치는 요인에 대한 연구

  • 김정훈 (중앙대학교 경영학과) ;
  • 신덕정 (고려대학교 경영학과 조교수)
  • Received : 2020.11.26
  • Accepted : 2020.12.28
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

This study examines factors that influence organizational identification of employees who work for foreign multinational corporations in Korea. First, we test whether employee perceptions on leader-member exchange, trust in CEO, and career growth opportunity can influence their organizational identification. second, we also investigate moderation effects of employee perception on subsidiary level factors such as co-operation between the subsidiary and its HQ, firm reputation of the subsidiary, and opportunity to work overseas. 391 survey results from 350 subsidiaries of multinational corporations in Korea has been collected for this study. We found that leader-member exchange, trust in CEO and career growth opportunity had a positive effect on organizational identification of employees who work for foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations in Korea. We also found partial support for the moderation effects of HQ-subsidiary interrelationship and opportunity to work overseas in the relationship between predictors and organizational identification. With this in mind, I hope this help to reconsider competitiveness of global companies in Korea by increasing organizational identification.

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