Includes index.

Contents: International HRM: an introduction -- 1. Cross-cultural human resource management: Differing national contexts -- The impact of national culture -- Culture and organizational life -- 2. Comparative human resource management: Employee relations and collective communication -- The organisation of work -- Flexibility and work-life balance -- Recruitment and selection -- Performance management -- Rewards -- Training and development -- Global HRM departments -- 3. International human resources management: International HRM: theory and practice -- Managing expatriate assignments -- Managing diversity in international forms of working -- Integrating global HRM practices -- Globalising HRM --