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1 International Human Resource ManagementInternational Human Resource Managementoffers a contemporary and multilayeredintroduction to International and comparative Human Resource Management foruniversity study. It critically analyses the core issues and emerging trends in the field,with a consistent emphasis on real-world scenarios and the macro level, the book examines how IHRM fits within and adapts to theever-changing environment of International relations and global development. At thefirm level, it elucidates the strategic goals served by IHRM, and the processes used toachieve them. At the individual level, the analysis extends beyond the traditionalfocus on expatriates to encompass the various IHRM actors and their contributors drawn from universities across four continents, this bookpresents a genuinely International perspective on IHRM.

2 Each chapter features a casestudy, tutorial activities and discussion questions. The book concludes with threeextended case studies, each based on a specific region, to help students consolidatetheir online resources, including an instructor s manual and reviewmaterial for students, are available at F. O zbilgin holds professorships at Brunel Business School, Brunel University inLondon, Universite Paris-Dauphine and Koc University in Groutsis is Senior Lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies, University S. Harvey is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter Business School andAssociate Fellow in the Centre for Corporate Reputation at the University of University Press978-1-107-66954-3 - International Human Resource ManagementEdited by Mustafa F.

3 Zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. HarveyFrontmatterMore in this web service Cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-1-107-66954-3 - International Human Resource ManagementEdited by Mustafa F. zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. HarveyFrontmatterMore in this web service Cambridge University PressInternationalHuman ResourceManagementEdited byMUSTAFA F. O ZBILGINDIMITRIA GROUTSISANDWILLIAM S. HARVEYC ambridge University Press978-1-107-66954-3 - International Human Resource ManagementEdited by Mustafa F. zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. HarveyFrontmatterMore in this web service Cambridge University Press477 WilliamstownRoad,Port Melbourne,VIC 3207,AustraliaPublishedin the UnitedStatesof Americaby CambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkCambridg eUniversityPressis part of the Universityof furthersthe University smissionby disseminatingknowledgein the pursuitofeducation,learning,and researchat the highestinternationallevelsof this CambridgeUniversityPress2014 This publicationis statutoryexceptionand to the provisionsof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements.

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6 Rememberedalways, never the Harveys: Ruth, Robert, Pippa and George, the rocks ofmy University Press978-1-107-66954-3 - International Human Resource ManagementEdited by Mustafa F. zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. HarveyFrontmatterMore in this web service Cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-1-107-66954-3 - International Human Resource ManagementEdited by Mustafa F. zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. HarveyFrontmatterMore in this web service Cambridge University Press&ContentsContributorsviiiAcknowledg ementsxIntroduction: a multilevel approach to International Human resourcemanagement 1 Mustafa F.

7 O zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. Harvey1 Global trends in International Human Resource Management 6 Yasin Rofcanin, H. Pinar Imer and Matthew Zingoni2 Cross-cultural and diversity Management intersections: lessons for attractingand retaining International assignees 23 Dimitria Groutsis, Eddy S. Ng and Mustafa Bilgehan Ozturk3 Key players in International Human Resource Management 47 Graham Hollinshead, Cynthia Forson, Natalia Rocha-Lawton and Moira Calveley4 Recruitment and selection in the International context 67 Kristina Potoc nik, Maria Felisa Latorre Navarro, Beliz Dereli and Blanka Tacer5 Cross-cultural training and development for overseas assignments 93 Aykut Berber, Yasin Rofcanin and Yitzhak Fried6 International reward 108 Glenville Jenkins7 Employee retention 128 Maria Balta8 International labour relations 148 Mustafa F.

8 O zbilgin9 Reputation in the International context 165 William S. Harvey10 Expatriation and repatriation in the Asia Pacific region 179 Valerie Caven, Susan Kirk and Cindy Wang-Cowham11 Balancing inflows and outflows in the European context 194 Joana Vassilopoulou, Barbara Samaluk and Cathrine Seierstad12 Self-initiated expatriation: case study lessons from Africa and the UnitedStates 214 Ahu Tatli, Daphne Berry, Gulce Ipek and Kurt AprilConclusion 236 Mustafa F. O zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. HarveyIndex244viiCambridge University Press978-1-107-66954-3 - International Human Resource ManagementEdited by Mustafa F.

9 Zbilgin, Dimitria Groutsis and William S. HarveyFrontmatterMore in this web service Cambridge University Press&ContributorsKurt Aprilis Sainsbury Fellow and Professor of Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion atthe Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town, an AssociateFellow of Said Business School, University of Oxford, Research Fellow of AshridgeBusiness School, Faculty Member of Duke Corporate Education, Duke University,USA, and Visiting Professor at Rotterdam School of Management , ErasmusUniversity, the Baltais Lecturer in Strategy and Work Placement Director at Brunel Berberis Associate Professor at Istanbul Berryis Assistant Professor of Management at the Barney School of Business,University of Calveleyis Principal Lecturer in Human Resource Management and a memberof the Work and Employment Research Unit at Hertfordshire Business School.

10 University of Cavenis Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at NottinghamBusiness Dereliis Associate Professor in the Faculty of Commercial Sciences at theIstanbul Commerce Forsonis Head of the Department of Management Leadership andOrganisation at the Hertfordshire Business School, University of Friedis Professor of Management , Whitman School of Management ,Syracuse Groutsisis Senior Lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies, School ofBusiness, University of S. Harveyis Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter Business School andan Associate Fellow in the Centre for Corporate Reputation at the University Hollinsheadis Reader in International and Comparative Human ResourceManagement at the Hertfordshire Business School, University of Pinar Imerworks at Department of Business Administration, Kadir Has Universityin Istanbul, Ipekis a PhD student in the School of Business and Management at QueenMary University of Jenkinsis Head of Postgraduate Research at Swansea Business School,University of Wales Trinity St David.