Transmission of Culture-commitment from HQs to Subsidiaries: A Multilevel Model

The purpose of this chapter is to present a comparative analysis of the organizational culture of this Japanese MNC in its HQ in Japan, and subsidiary operations in Thailand and India, and their relationship with the organizational commitment in all these operations. It is possible to conduct this analysis in terms of multi-level Structural Equation Modeling as the parent unit of Japan forms the core, with the subsidiaries in Thailand and India as clusters around that core. The comparative analysis involves: (a) analysis of the organizational culture of the HQ in Japan against the culture of the Thai subsidiary; (b) analysis of the organizational culture of the HQ in Japan against the culture of the Indian subsidiary; and (c) analysis of the organizational culture of the Thai subsidiary against the culture of the Indian subsidiary, and their relationships with organizational commitment in the respective units.