From the mid-1980s to the turn of the 1990s the international HR
field was considered to be in its infancy. There continues to be
both an evolution of territory covered by the field – a
series of successively evolving cultural, geographical and
institutional challenges faced by the multinational corporation
(MNC) – as well as more critical questioning whether this has
created an expanded or a fragmented field.
This book brings together the latest research on important
‘issues-driven’ concerns that the field of IHRM now has
to face, absorb, interpret then reanalyse through international
lenses. This volume gives attention to those aspects of MNC
behaviour – choices about location, how they organize local
subsidiaries, choices made about technology, capital and labour,
and choices made about investments and strategies – that are
subject to institutional influences. It also gives voice to a
number of contemporary issues – reverse knowledge flows,
skill supply strategies, employer branding, e-enablement,
outsourcing, global networks – that now need to be
accommodated within the field.
* Broadens the IHRM field to cover comparative and institutional
perspectives
* Provides a multi-level analysis of globalization phenomena at
the individual, organization, and macro level
* Focuses on the current problems and issues driving the
attention of IHRM Directors
قائمة المحتويات
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Notes on the Contributors.
About the Editor.
PART I METHOD AND RESEARCH LENSES.
1 Integrating People, Process, and Context Issues in the Field
of IHRM (PAUL SPARROW).
2 Multilevel Issues in IHRM: Mean Differences, Explained
Variance, and Moderated Relationships (PATRICK WRIGHT AND
KARINA VAN DE VOORDE).
3 Comparative Analysis of HR (WOLFGANG MAYRHOFER AND ASTRID
REICHEL).
4 Contextual Influences on Cultural Research: Shifting
Assumptions for New Workplace Realities (SONJA
SACKMANN).
PART II MANAGING KEY STAFF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES IN
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
5 Beyond International Experience: The Strategic Role of
Cultural Intelligence for Executive Selection in IHRM (KOK-YEE
NG, LINN VAN DYNE, AND SOON ANG).
6 Mutual Adjustment of Expatriates and International Team
Members: The Role of Political and Social Skill (MICHAEL HARVEY
AND MILORAD NOVICEVIC).
7 Beyond Expatriation: Different Forms of International
Employment (VESA SUUTARI AND CHRIS BREWSTER).
8 Inpatriates as Agents of Cross-Unit Knowledge Flows in
Multinational Corporations (SEBASTIAN REICHE, MARIA KRAIMER, AND
ANNE-WIL HARZING).
9 Independent Consultants: How International Project Operations
Create New IHRM Issues and Challenges (CATHERINE WELCH, DENICE
WELCH, AND MARILYN FENWICK).
10 Gender Issues: Women in International Management (HELEN DE
CIERI).
PART III MANAGING GLOBALIZATION PROCESSES AT THE LEVEL OF THE
FIRM.
11 Multinational Companies, National Business Systems, and
Reverse Diffusion (TONY EDWARDS).
12 Performance Management Across Borders (INGMAR
BJÖRKMAN, WILHELM BARNER-RASMUSSEN, MATS EHRNROOTH, AND
KRISTIINA MÄKELÄ).
13 Managing Knowledge Across Boundaries: A Learning Mix
Perspective (BERTRAND MOINGEON, FABRICE LUMINEAU, AND ALEXANDRE
PERRIN).
14 Structuring the IT-Enabled Transformation of HR: An HRM
Frames Analysis in an International Company (TANYA BONDAROUK AND
HUUB RUËL).
15 Employer Branding and Corporate Reputation Management in an
International Context (GRAEME MARTIN AND SUSAN HETRICK).
16 Developing a Theory of Skills for Global HR (DAVID ASHTON,
PHIL BROWN, AND HUGH LAUDER).
17 HR Offshoring and Outsourcing: Research Issues for IHRM (FANG
LEE COOKE AND PAWAN BUDHWAR).
18 Globalizing Human Resource Management: Examining the Role of
Networks (PAUL SPARROW, CHRIS BREWSTER, AND PAUL
LIGTHART).
PART IV ORGANIZATIONAL ACTION IN CONTEXT.
19 IHRM in Non-Governmental Organizations: Challenges and Issues
(MARILYN FENWICK AND MARGARET-ANN MCLEAN).
20 The Role of IHRM in the Formulation and Implementation of
Ethics Programs in Multinational Enterprises (ABIHIJEET VADERA
AND RUTH AGUILERA).
21 The Ethnic Factor in IHRM: A Research Agenda (STEPHEN
NYAMBEGERA).
22 Shaping History: Global Leadership in the 21st Century
(NANCY ADLER).
Index.
عن المؤلف
Professor Paul Sparrow is the Director of the Centre for Performance-led HR and Professor of International Human Resource Management at Lancaster University Management School. He has worked as a Research Fellow at Aston University, Senior Research Fellow at Warwick University, Consultant/Principal Consultant at PA Consulting Group, Reader/Professor at Sheffield University and whilst at Manchester Business School he took up the Ford Chair from 2002-2004 and was Director, Executive Education 2002-2005. He has consulted with major multinationals, public sector organisations and inter-governmental agencies. His research interests include cross-cultural and international HRM, HR strategy, cognition at work and changes in the employment relationship. He has published over 100 journal articles and chapters and several books and in 2008 was voted amongst the Top 25 Most Influential HR Thinkers by Human Resources Magazine.