Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Method and research lenses

Integrating people, process, and context issues in the field of IHRM / Paul Sparrow

Multilevel issues in IHRM : mean differences, explained variance, and moderated relationships / Patrick Wright and Karina van de Voorde

Comparative analysis of HR / Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Astrid Reichel

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

Beyond international experience : the strategic role of cultural intelligence for executive selection in IHRM / Kok-Yee Ng, Linn Van Dyne and Soon-Ang

Mutual adjustment of expatriates and international team members : the role of political and social skill / Michael Harvey and Milorad Novicevic

Beyond expatriation : different forms of international employment / Vesa Suutari and Chris Brewster

Inpatriates as agents of cross-unit knowledge flows in multinational corporations / Sebastian Reiche, Maria Kraimer, and Marilyn Fenwick

Independent consultants : how international project operations create new IHRM issues and challenges / Catherine Welch, Denice Welch, and Marilyn Fenswick

Gender issues : women in international management / Helen De Cieri

Part III. Managing globalization processes at the level of the firm

Multinational companies, national business systems, and reverse diffusion

Performance management across borders / Ingmar Bjorkman, Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen, Mats Ehronrooth, and Kristiina Makela

Managing knowledge across boundaries : a learning mix perspective / Bertrand Moingeon Fabrice Lumineau, and Alexandre Perrin

Structuring the IT-enabled transformation of HR : an HRM frames analysis in an international company / Tanya Bondarouk and Huub Ruel

Employer branding and corporate reputation management in an international context / Graeme Martin and Susan Hetrick

Developing a theory of skills for global HR / David Ashton, Phil Brown, and Hugh Lauder

HR offshoring and outsourcing : research issues for IHRM / Fang Lee Cooke and Pawan Budhwar

Globalizing human resource management : examining the role of networks / Paul Sparrow, Chris Brewster, and Paul Ligthart

Part IV. Organizational action in context

IHRM in non-governmental organizations : challenges and issues / Marilyn Fenwick and Margaret-Ann McLean

The role of IHRM in the formulation and implementation of ethics programs in multinational enterprises / Abihijeet Vadera and Ruth Aguilera

The ethnic factor in IHRM : a research agenda / Stephen Nyambegera

Shaping history : global leadership in the 21st century / Nancy Adler