Miguel Martínez Lucio & Robert MacKenzie 
International Human Resource Management [EPUB ebook] 
The Transformation of Work in a Global Context

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.

Inhoudsopgave

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

Over de auteur

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.