Foreign Subsidiaries' Government Affairs Activities
基于资源依赖理论，研究了美国跨国公司91家外国子公司中组织与环境因素对政府事务活动的影响，发现子公司高层管理者对政府事务管理有显著影响。
This article examines the government affairs activities of foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises. The article develops hypotheses founded on resource dependence theory that examine organizational and environmental factors that might influence subsidiary government affairs activities. Primary data were gathered from 91 foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based companies. Results from the empirical tests suggest that subsidiary top managers have a strong influence on the administration of their subsidiaries' government affairs activities.