The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management gives a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, topics and debates in international human resource management. Drawing on a large and respected international contributor base and with its focus on mature and emerging markets, this book is an essential resource for researchers, students and IHRM professionals alike.

David G. Collings is Professor of Human Resource Management at Dublin City University, Ireland. He has published widely in the field of international HRM with a focus on global talent management and global staffing issues.

Geoffrey T. Wood is Professor of International Business at Warwick Business School, UK. His research interests centre on the relationship between national institutional setting, corporate governance, firm finance, and firm-level work and employment relations and he has published widely on these issues.

Paula M. Caligiuri is a D'Amore-McKim Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University, USA, where she researches and teaches in the area of cultural agility and global leadership development.

1.Introduction (David G. Collings, Geoffrey T. Wood and Paula Caligiuri) Part I: Perspectives on HRM 2.Strategy and HRM (Dana B. Minbaeva and Helen DeCieri) 3.Sociology and International Human Resource Management (Gilton Klerck) 4.Economics and IHRM (Mick Brookes) 5.Geography and International HRM (Phil Almond and Maria C. Gonzalez) 6.International Production, Global Governance and IHRM (Stephen Hughes and Nigel Harworth) 7.Employment Relations and IHRM (J. Ryan Lamare, Elaine Farndale, and Patrick Gunnigle) 8.Comparative HRM ad International HRM (Chris Brewster and Geoffrey T. Wood) 9.International HRM: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Terence Jackson) Part II: Managing IHRM 10.Recruitment and Selection in Global Organizations: A Resource-Based Framework (Robert E. Ployhart and Jeff A. Weekley) 11.Performance Management in the Global Organization (Arup Varma ,Pawan S. Budhwar, and Christopher McCusker) 12.Compensation and Benefits in the Global Organization (Yoshio Yanadori) 13.Global Talent Management (Vlad Vaiman and David G Collings) 14.Global Leadership Development (Paula Caligiuri and Lisa Dragoni) Part III: Managing Global Mobility 15.Individual and Organizational Decisions for Global Mobility (Yu-Ping Chen and Margaret Shaffer) 16.Types of International Assignees (David G. Collings, Anthony McDonnell and Amy McCarter) 17.Selection for International Assignments (Paula Caligiuri and Joost J.L.E. Bücker) 18.Compensationa Package of International Assignees (Christelle Tornikoski, Vesa Suutari and Marion Festing) 19.Cross-Cultural Training and Support Pracrices of International Assignees (B. Sebastian Reiche, Yih-teen Lee and Javier Quintanilla) 20.Expatriate Adjustment and Performance of International Assignees (Thomas Hippler) 21.Demographics and Working Abroad: What's Missing, What's Next? (Nancy K. Napier, Nigel Holden and Marta Muñiz-Ferrer) 22.Work-Life Balance and Coping of International Assignees (Olivier Wurtz and Vesa Suutari) 23.Tacking Stock of Repatriation Research (Mila Lazarova) 24.Expatriate Return on Investment: Past, Present and Future (Yvonne McNulty) Part IV: Contemporary Issues in IHRM 25.IHRM Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions (Satu Teerikangas, Günter K. Stahl, Ingmar Björkman, Mark E. Mendenhall) 26. IHRM's Role in Knowledge Management in Multinational Corporations (Dana B. Minbaeva) 27.Global Cultures in MNES (Sully Taylor) 28.From Standardization to Localization: Developing a Language-Sensitive Approach to IHRM (Susanne Tietze, Rebecca Piekkari and Mary Yoko Brannen) 29.The Roles of International Human Resource Management in Offshoring and Managing Contingent Workers (Fang Lee Cooke) 30.IHRM's Role in Managing Global Careers (Michael Dickmann) 31.International HRM's role in Managing Global Teams (Jennifer L. Gibbs and Malgorzata Boyraz) 32.IRHM's Role in Managing Ethics and CSR Globally (Michael Muller-Camen)