Handbook of International Human Resource Management

From the mid-1980s to the turn of the 1990s the international HRfield was considered to be in its infancy. There continues to beboth an evolution of territory covered by the field - aseries of successively evolving cultural, geographical andinstitutional challenges faced by the multinational corporation(MNC) - as well as more critical questioning whether this hascreated an expanded or a fragmented field.
This book brings together the latest research on important„issues-driven“ concerns that the field of IHRM now hasto face, absorb, interpret then reanalyse through internationallenses. This volume gives attention to those aspects of MNCbehaviour - choices about location, how they organize localsubsidiaries, choices made about technology, capital and labour, and choices made about investments and strategies - that aresubject to institutional influences. It also gives voice to anumber of contemporary issues - reverse knowledge flows, skill supply strategies, employer branding, e-enablement, outsourcing, global networks - that now need to beaccommodated within the field.
* Broadens the IHRM field to cover comparative and institutionalperspectives
* Provides a multi-level analysis of globalization phenomena atthe individual, organization, and macro level
* Focuses on the current problems and issues driving theattention of IHRM Directors