Written by an internationally renowned team of experts and underpinned by cutting-edge research,
International Human Resource Management tackles a broad range of controversial and often marginalised issues associated with globalisation and its impact on multinational companies and employees.
Updated throughout with brand-new case studies, reflective questions and recommended reading, the second edition includes coverage of:
• International assignments and worker mobility
• The development of new technology and its impact on work
• International HRM and the platform economy
• The nature of organisational change
• The role of sustainability and social responsibility within the firm
This innovative and thought-provoking textbook is suitable for students of International Human Resource Management and Employment Relations.
Lecturers can visit
study.sagepub.com/martinezluciomackenzie to access Power Point slides and additional case study material.
Miguel Martínez Lucio is a Professor at the University of Manchester (Alliance Manchester Business School), UK.
Robert Mac Kenzie is Professor of Working Life Science at Karlstad Business School, Karlstad University, Sweden.
Table of Content
Section 1: The Dynamic Context of International Human Resource Management
Chapter 1: Globalization and Employment: Developments and Contradictions – Miguel Martínez Lucio and Robert Mac Kenzie
Chapter 2: Transnational Corporations, Human Resource Management and Globalization – Phil Almond and María C. González Menéndez
Chapter 3: Continuities and Change in National Employment Relations: the Role of Politics and Ideas – Miguel Martínez Lucio
Section 2: Working in a Globalised Context
Chapter 4: Pay and Remuneration in Multinationals – Óscar Rodríguez-Ruiz
Chapter 5: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Multinational Corporations – Fang Lee Cooke
Chapter 6: Here, There, and Everywhere: Work on International Assignments for Multinational Corporations – Jenny K Rodriguez and Miguel Martínez Lucio
Chapter 7: Migration and Human Resource Management – Nathan Lillie, Erka Çaro, Lisa Berntsen and Ines Wagner
Chapter 8: Developing Economies: Globalization, Politics and Employment Relations – Naresh Kumar, Robert Mac Kenzie, and Miguel Martínez Lucio
Chapter 9: Training in The Context of ‘Globalization’: Politics and Symbolism in Skill Formation – Miguel Martínez Lucio and Stephen Mustchin
Chapter 10: The Learning Environment of Managerialism: The Role of Business Schools and Consultancies in a Global Market – Carlos Fernandez Rodriguez
Section 3: The Changing Ideologies and Practices of Global Production
Chapter 11: Socio-Economic Context and Varieties of Capitalism: What Difference Do They Make to Work? – Leo Mc Cann
Chapter 12: Globalization and Lean Production in the Re-Making of Labour Intensification? – Paul Stewart
Chapter 13: Restructuring, Policy and Practice: an International Comparison of Approaches – Christopher J. Mc Lachlan, Robert Mac Kenzie, Alexis Rydell, Roland Ahlstrand, Jennifer Hobbins, Martin O’Brien and Betty Frino
Chapter 14: Technology and the Organisation of Work – Kendra Briken and Robert Mac Kenzie
Chapter 15: New Technology and International Human Resource Management: Platforms and Platform Work – Debra Howcroft
Section 4: Regulation and the Agenda for Decent Work
Chapter 16: Regulating Work and Employment Internationally: A Complex Tapestry – Robert Mac Kenzie and Miguel Martínez Lucio
Chapter 17: International Employee Representation, Organisation, Multinational Companies and International Human Resource Management – Stephen Mustchin and Nathaniel Tetteh
Chapter 18: Sustainability and International Human Resource Management – Josef Ringqvist, David Öborn Regin, Lena Lid-Falkman and Lars Ivarsson
About the author
Robert Mac Kenzie is Professor of Working Life Science at Karlstad Business School, Karlstad University, Sweden. He is also an editor of New Technology, Work and Employment. His research focusses on the regulation of the employment relationship in the context of restructuring. His work links the social and economic experiences of workers with broader patterns of socioeconomic restructuring and the role played by multiple stakeholders, contract form, technological change and occupational identity in mediating the experience of restructuring.
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