The authors report their findings of an exploratory, comparative study of industrial relations in eight Asian f i n s. The study sought: (1) to assess the differences in the practice of industrial relations between MNCs and local firms; (2) to explain any differences that might be observed; (3) to verify if a monolithic MNC model of industrial relations exists; and (4) to understand the nature of change in national systems that can be attributed to MNCs.