Description
International Human Resource Management explores both comparative and international HRM, discussing leading practices and the controversies that surround them. Developed from the authors' extensive experience in the field, it presents a comprehensive treatment of the subject from a truly global perspective, including material from the Pacific Rim, China and India. Chapters are grounded in academic research and include case studies, activities and a range of other features to test and reinforce students' understanding.
International Human Resource Management is a critically engaging yet student-friendly text, ideal for use as a core text on modules in International Human Resource Management, whether undergraduate or postgraduate. It is also suitable for the CIPD's International Personnel and Development module and for international students studying HRM. Coverage has been expanded in this new edition to closely match most comparative modules and the book's pedagogy improved for ease of use.
'I am amazed how much is contained in such a relatively small book. Apart from reading the IHRM journal and seeking out original sources a student would be able to get a very good overview as well as an in-depth perspective on IHRM. I would say that this critically engaging book is the best in its field.'
Dr David Vickers, Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Contents
International Human Resource Management: an Introduction
PART ONE: NATIONAL CULTURES
The Impact Of National Culture
Culture and Organisational Life
PART TWO: COMPARATIVE HRM
Theory And Practice
The Role of HR Departments
Recruitment and Selection
Reward
Training and Development
Flexibility and Work-life Balance
Communications and Employee Relations
PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL HRM
International HRM: Theory And Practice
Managing International Working
Managing Diversity in International Working
PART FOUR: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THE ROLE OF THE HR FUNCTION
HR and Global Organisational Capability
HR and Business Process Outsourcing
Managing International HRMAbout the authors
Chris Brewster
Professor of International HRM at Henley Management College.Paul Sparrow
Director of the Centre for Performance-Led HR and Professor of International HRM at Lancaster University Management School.Guy Vernon
Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Southampton University.Customer reviews
'This excellent book will prove to be most valuable for postgraduate and undergraduate international HRM students as well as CIPD members more generally. It is very comprehensive in compass and coverage while being interesting and fluently written by a group of internationally renowned scholars.'
Professor Michael Poole, Cardiff Business School, UK, and
Editor of the International Journal of Human Resource Management
'The emphasis on national cultures, Comparative HRM and new developments in the role of the HR function is a distinctive contribution to the field and will be a valuable resource for scholars, practitioners and students interested in the field of International HRM.'
Peter J. Dowling, Professor of International Business, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
'This highly readable book...is based on sound theory and contains the latest international research, but also provides the reader with a wealth of interesting examples. I warmly recommend this well-organised and tightly written overview of International HRM to students, professionals and managers!'
Professor Ingmar Björkman, Department of Management and Organization, Swedish School of Economics (Hanken), Finland
This second edition of International HRM is superb! The authors combine their vast years of experience in teaching, researching, practising and consulting into fifteen well-written chapters that cover everything important in international human resource management. The chapters are extremely complete in their coverage of culture, comparative human resource management and managing multinational enterprises. Although there is a special chapter on the HR function, all the chapters contain very useful information for HR professionals, as well as HR faculty and students, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. I highly recommend this book!
Professor Randall S. Schuler, Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey, USA
'I am amazed how much is contained in such a relatively small book. Apart from reading the IHRM journal and seeking out original sources a student would be able to get a very good overview as well as an in-depth perspective on IHRM. I would say that this critically engaging book is the best in its field.'
Dr David Vickers, Lancashire Business School,
University of Central Lancashire, UK
'This is an excellent and timely book. The authors - themselves key figures in the field - unfold an impressive picture of international and comparative HRM by analysing core areas of HRM from a global perspective. Highly recommendable!'
Professor Wolfgang Mayrhofer,
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
'This second edition...nicely brings together and presents the core themes in the field. It provides an excellent and refreshing critical perspective to both on-going debates and research in the field and also some clear indications for the future of international and comparative HRM. I would strongly recommend this book to students, researchers and practitioners.'
Professor Pawan Budhwar,
Aston Business School, UK