Edited by Ying Guo, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Jiangsu, ChinaHussain G. Rammal, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, AustraliaPeter J. Dowling, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

• 1. Expatriate Selection: A Historical Overview and Criteria for Decision-Making - Dana L. Ott and Snejina Michailova2. Global Talent Management: International Staffing Policies and Practices of South Korean Multinationals in China - Haiying Kang and Jie Shen3. How do Assigned and Self-Initiated Expatriate CEOs Differ? An Empirical Investigation on CEO Demography, Personality, and Performance in China - Jan Selmer, Jakob Lauring, Ling Eleanor Zhang and Charlotte Jonasson4. Career Capital Development of Self-Initiated Expatriates in China - Ying Guo, Hussain G. Rammal and Peter J. Dowling5. Multiple Aspects of Readjustment Experienced by International Repatriates in Multinational Enterprises: A Perspective of ‘Changes Occurring Over Time’ and ‘Changes due to Cultural Differences’ - Yoko Naito6. Why Expatriate Compensation Will Change How We Think about Global Talent Management - Yvonne McNulty7. Global Talent Management and Corporate Entrepreneurship Strategy - Vanessa Ratten and Joao Ferreira8. The Effects of Work Values and Organisational Commitment on Localisation of Human Resources - Justin Williams and Ramudu Bhanugopan9. Talent Management & Staffing in Central and Eastern Europe — An Analysis of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania & Slovakia - Zoltan Buzady

Editors Guo, Rammal, and Dowling present readers with a collection of professional and research perspectives on the human resource management task of attracting, managing, and retaining talented employees in a contemporary global context. The nine contributions that make up the text are devoted to the international staffing policies and practices of South Korean Multinationals in China, career capital development of self-initiated expatriates in China, and a wide variety of other related subjects. Ying Guo is a faculty member of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Jiangsu, China. Hussain G. Rammal is a faculty member of the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Peter J. Dowling is a faculty member of La Trobe University in Australia.