Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-311) and index.

Globalization and human resource management -- Cultural context of IHRM -- Institutional context of IHRM -- Organizational context of IHRM -- The global HR department -- Transfer of HRM practices across national boundaries -- HRM in international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and collaborative alliances -- Global staffing -- Global human resource development -- Global performance management and compensation -- International mobility and global careers -- International employment relations -- Global corporate social responsibility -- Postscript - global HR in a post COVID-19 world -- Case 1 : importing diversity management to Finland / Adam Smale and Ingmar Björkman -- Case 2 : RetailCo in the Netherlands / Corine Boon and Deanne N. Den Hartog -- Case 3 : Trimo's global talent management transformation formula / Rober Kaše -- Short-term work at the Robert Bosch Group : an example of the German industrial relations system / Marion Festing.

The revised and fully updated second edition of this textbook illustrates the multi-layered knowledge accumulated in the field of international human resource management, developing understanding of the strategic management of people in organizations in a global context. It integrates comparative approaches to human resource management, extending beyond traditional coverage of the field to provide a broader overview of contemporary cultural, institutional and organizational challenges.