This volume documents aspects of the development of Cranet Network on International Human Resource Management, and presents a series of recent contributions from the network.

Michael J. Morley is Professor of Management at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests encompass international, comparative, and cross-cultural human resource management.

Noreen Heraty is Senior Lecturer and Director of the MSc in Human Resource Management at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. Her research interests include international human resource management and development, ageism in the workplace, and psychological contract breach.

1. The Anatomy of an International Research Collaboration: Building Cumulative Comparative Knowledge in Human Resource Management

Michael J. Morley and Noreen Heraty

2. Context and HRM: Theory, Evidence, and Proposals

Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Paul N. Gooderham and Chris Brewster

3. A Comparative Study of Trade Union Influence over HRM Practices in Spanish and Brazilian Firms: The Role of Industrial Relations Systems and Their Historical Evolution

Wilson Aparecido Costa de Amorim, Andre Luiz Fischer and Jordi Trullen

4. The Antecedents of Comparative Differences in Union Presence and Engagement: Evidence from Coordinated and Liberal Market Contexts

Michael Brookes, Geoffrey Wood and Chris Brewster

5. Understanding Financial Participation across Market Economies

Elaine Farndale, J. Ryan Lamare, Maja Vidovic and Amar S. Chauhan

6. Contemporary Human Resource Management Practices in Russia: Flexibility under Uncertainty

Veronika Kabalina, Olga Zelenova and Kira Reshetnikova

7. The Cranet Survey: Improving on a Challenged Research-Practice?

Jesper Christensen, Frans Bévort and Erling Rasmussen