Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global careers in context : competitive configurations, multifaceted career patterns and their social spaces -- Global careers : an introduction -- The organizational context : exploring strategic international HRM -- Managing careers : individual and organizational perspectives -- Cross-cultural working -- Global career strategies and processes : individual and organizational approaches and career outcomes along temporal dimensions -- Resourcing and the motivation to go -- Pre-departure and post-arrival considerations in international work -- During global assignments -- After global assignments -- Global career management : social security, risk, structural and remuneration considerations & global careers in the future -- Social security considerations in global careers -- International mobility at work : companies' structural, remuneration and risk considerations -- Global careers : a synthesis with a view to the future.