Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors viii1 International human resource management research:an introduction to the field 1Ingmar Bjirkman and Giinter K StahlPART I THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANRESOURCE MANAGEMENT2 Strategic international human resource management inmultinational enterprises: developments and directions 15Helen De Cieri and Peter J Dowling3 The dual logics behind international human resourcemanagement: pressures for global integration and localresponsiveness 36Philip M. Rosenzweig4 The human resource department: roles, coordination andinfluence 49Philip Stiles and Jonathan Trevor5 Comparing HRM policies and practices across geographicalborders 68Chris Brewster6 International human resource management and firmperformance 91Jaap Paauwe and Elaine Farndale7 Global knowledge management and HRM 113Paul SparrowPART II RESEARCH ON GLOBAL STAFFING,PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ANDLEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT8 Global staffing 141David Collings and Hugh Scullion9 The compensation of expatriates: a review and a futureresearch agenda 158Jaime Bonachevi Handbook of research in international HR management10 Global performance management systems 176Wayne E Cascio11 Developing global leadership capabilities and global mindset:a review 197Joyce S. Osland, Allan Bird, Mark Mendenhall and AsbjornOsland12 Diversity management 223Joerg Dietz and Lars-Eric PetersenPART III RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS13 Expatriate adjustment and performance: a critical review 247David C Thomas and Mila B. Lazarova14 Issues facing women on international assignments: a review ofthe research 265Hilary Harris15 International business travellers: a challenge for IHRM 283Denice E. Welch and Verner Worm16 International assignee selection and cross-cultural trainingand development 302Paula Caligiuri and Ibraiz Tarique17 The evolution from repatriation of managers in MNEs to'patriation' in global organizations 323Michael Harvey and Milorad M. NovicevicPART IV RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL TEAMS,ALLIANCES, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS18 Decoupling and coupling in global teams: implications forhuman resource management 347Jennifer L. Gibbs19 Global virtual team dynamics and effectiveness 364Martha Maznevski, Sue Canney Davison and Karsten Jonsen20 International joint venture system complexity and humanresource management 385Randall Schuler and Ibraiz Tarique21 Managing culture and human resources in mergers andacquisitions 405Philip K. Goulet and David M. SchweigerPART V THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ONINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT22 A resource-based view of international human resources:toward a framework of integrative and creative capabilities 433Shad S. Morris, Scott A. Snell and Patrick M. Wright23 International human resource management and economictheories of the firm 449Marion Festing24 International human resource management research andinstitutional theory 463Ingmar Bjirkman25 International human resource management and socialnetwork/social capital theory 475Mark L. Lengnick-Hall and Cynthia A. Lengnick-Hall26 International human resource management, fairness andtrust: an organizational support theory framework 488Ellen Whitener27 Gender and international human resource management 502Jeff Hearn, Beverly D. Metcalfe and Rebecca Piekkari28 Critical theoretical perspectives on international humanresource management 523Tuomo Peltonen29 Language effects in multinational corporations: a review froman international human resource management perspective 536Rebecca Piekkari.