Handbook of International Human Resource Management

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.

• 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.