Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Cultural, comparative and organizational perspectives on ihrm -- 1. Culture and Cross-Cultural Management / Laurence Romani -- 2. Comparative Human Resource Management / Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer -- 3. The Transfer of Employment Practices across Borders in Multinational Companies / Tony Edwards -- 4. Approaches to International Human Resource Management / Chris Rowley, Jean Qi Wei, Malcolm Warner -- Part 2 International assignment and employment practices -- 5. International Assignments / B. Sebastian Reiche, Anne-Wil Harzing -- 6. Multinational Companies and the Host Country Environment / Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery, Phil Almond -- 7. Regulation and Multinational Corporations: The Changing Context of Global Employment Relations / Miguel Martinez Lucio, Robert MacKenzie -- 8. Human Resource Management in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions / Vladimir Pucik ... [et al.] -- Part 3 Ihrm policies and practices -- 9. Managing Knowledge in Multinational Firms / Ingmar Bjorkman ... [et al.] -- 10. Training and Development: Developing Global Leaders and Expatriates / Ashly H. Pinnington, Yaw A. Debrab, Christopher J. Rees -- 11. Global and Local Resourcing / Chris Rowley, Alan Nankervis, Malcolm Warner -- 12. Global Performance Management / Arup Varma, Pawan S. Budhwar -- 13. Total Rewards in the International Context / K. Galen Kroeck, Mary Ann Von Glinow -- 14. Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management in the Global Context / Fang Lee Cooke -- 15. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability through Ethical HRM practices / Fang Lee Cooke.