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• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Editors
• Notes on Contributors
• Tour of book
• Introduction
• Patr 1 The HRM Arena
• 1 Context-specific human resource management
• Introduction
• Contextualising HRM in a global village
• Contextual influences on HRM
• Critical discussion and analysis
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 2 A critical perspective on strategic human resource management
• Introduction
• From personnel management to SHRM: An evolutionary road map
• Differentiating attributes, key contributions and underlying theories
• Critical analysis and discussion
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 3 HRM in MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES – A Critical Approach
• Introduction
• Integration versus differentiation, convergence, versus divergence; best practice versus best fit
• Are we all global now?
• MNCs – Benefactors or villains? Ethical issues
• National culture versus dominance effect model
• Influences on HR policies and practices in MNCs
• Developing cross-cultural skills and global HR professionals and departments
• HR careers in MNCs
• Behaviours of global professionals
• IHRM futures
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 4 Diversity management in a global context
• Introduction
• Key concepts of diversity management
• The diversity management discourse and its limitations
• A relational framework for diversity management
• Advantages of diversity
• From positive discrimination to positive action
• Sexual harassment at work
• Strategies to manage diversity
• Methodological considerations in conducting research on diversity management: The case of ethnic min
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 5 HRM, ethics, and corporate social responsibility
• Introduction
• Ethics and human resources
• Ethical thinking and behaviour
• Ethical theories and frameworks
• Corporate social responsibility and human resource management
• Critical business ethics: An anti-essentialist view
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• Patr 2 HRM in Practice
• 6 Human resources planning
• Introduction
• Approaches to HRP
• The strategic role of HRP
• Meeting human resource planning challenges through flexibility
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 7 Job and work design
• Introduction
• The classical theory of job and work design – The mechanistic era
• The foundations of contemporary theory of job design – The sociotechnical era
• Contemporary theory of job and work design – The human relations school
• Contemporary theory of job design – The neo-human relations or motivational theorists
• Contemporary theory of job and work design – The concertive era
• ‘New’ new technology and job and work design
• Possibilities and challenges
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 8 Recruitment and selection
• Introduction
• Stages of recruitment and selection
• Critical analysis and discussion
• Benefits of studying HRM from a critical perspective
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 9 Performance management
• Introduction
• The strategic importance of performance management in a global context
• Characteristics of performance management
• The criteria of an effective performance management system
• Ethics in performance management
• Multisource feedback
• Strategies to improve global performance
• Performance management in a global context
• The cultural impact of performance management
• Managing performance in uncertainty
• Alternatives to performance appraisal
• Benefits of studying performance management from a critical perspective
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 10 Reward management
• Introduction
• Employee rewards: Nature and purpose
• Intrinsic versus extrinsic rewards: Which are more motivating?
• Taking a critical perspective on reward management
• Base pay
• Job-based base pay
• Benefits plans
• Performance-related reward plans
• Reward communication
• Employment relations and employee reward management
• Executive remuneration
• International reward management
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• References
• 11 Training, development and learning
• Introduction
• Training, development, and learning concepts
• Remaking history: from training to learning
• Learning for international environments
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• Patr 3 HRM and Contemporary Issues
• 12 Talent management: Critical perspectives
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Theoretical perspectives
• Identifying talent
• Talent management: The dark side
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• References
• 13 International assignments
• Introduction
• Globalisation, international firms and International Human Resource Management (IHRM)
• International assignments defined
• Motives for international assignments
• Expatriate recruitment and selection
• Expatriates and the psychological contract
• Phases of an international assignment
• Ensuring a successful international assignee experience
• International management competencies
• Cross-cultural training
• Types of international assignees used by MNCs
• Perlmutter’s model of international orientations
• Repatriation of international assignees
• Critical discussion
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 14 HRM, productivity, and employee involvement
• Introduction
• SHRM and employee involvement
• Theories and concepts of employee involvement: Human resource management versus employment relations
• Employee involvement and productivity in a global context
• Critical summary of employee involvement
• Macro-environmental influences on employee involvement in the global context
• A critical analysis of employee involvement
• Benefits of studying HRM from a critical perspective for managers
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 15 Work–life balance in the twenty-first century
• Introduction
• The changing face of employment
• Work–life balance initiatives and flexible working arrangements
• The legal framework
• Employee wellbeing and health
• International and contextual considerations in work–life balance debates
• Conclusion
• For discussion and revision
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 16 Managing global and migrant workers
• Introduction
• International business travel
• Short-term assignments
• Assigned expatriates
• Self-initiated expatriates
• Global careerists
• Migrant workers
• Global work and the use of knowledge and networks
• Work-life balance related issues facing expatriates
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Further reading
• Web resources
• References
• 17 Sustainable HRM
• Introduction
• The development of sustainable HRM
• Categories of sustainable HRM
• Major characteristics of sustainable HRM
• Measuring the outcomes of sustainable HRM
• Sustainable HRM and the reality of HRM
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Further reading
• References
• Index