Essential Reading

Dowling, et. al. (2015) International Human Resource Management:

Managing People in a Multinational Context (6th edition), Thomson
Learning
Harzing and Pinnington (2014) International Human Resource
Management, London, (4th Edition), Sage

Hollinshead (2010) International and Comparative Human Resource

Management, McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Edwards and Rees (2011) (eds.) International Human Resource

Management: Globalization, National Systems and Multinational
Companies, (2nd edition) Prentice Hall: London

Recommended Reading

Dumetz, J. et. al. (2012) Cross-Cultural Management Textbook.

Lessons from the world leading experts, UK, Amazon (Student
edition)

Frege and Kelly (2013) Comparative Employment Relations in the Global

Economy, London, Routledge

Martnez Lucio, M. (2013) International HRM. An employment

relations perspective, London, SAGE
Moran, R., et. al. (2014) Managing Cultural Differences, London, (9th
edition), Routledge
zbilgin, et.al. (2014) International Human Resource Management,
Cambridge University Press

Smith and Rees (2014) Strategic HRM, London, Sage

Introduction to Human Resource Management

Essential reading:Chapter 1 An introduction to human resource

management in:
Beardwell, I., and Claydon T (2007) Human Resource
Management: a contemporary approach. Financial Times
Prentice Hall.
Stredwick, J. (2014) An Introduction to Human Resource
Management. London: Routledge
 Smith and Rees (2014) Strategic HRM, London Sage

Convergence and divergence issues of International

HRM

Essential reading:Harzing and Pinnington (2011) Chapter 2

Hollinshead (2009) Chapter 2

Supplementary reading:
Brookes, M., Croucher, R., Fenton-OCreevy, M. and Godderham, P (2011)
Measuring competing explanations of human resource
management practices through Cranet survey: Cultural versus
institutional explanations, Human Resource Management Review,
21: 26-79
Crouch, C. and Streek, W. (eds.) (1997) Political economy of modern
capitalism, Sage
Frege, C and Kelly, J (eds.) (2013) Comparative Employment Relations in
the Global Economy. London, Routledge Chapter 1
Harzing, A. and Van Ruysseveldt, J. (2004) International Human Resource
Management, London, Sage - Chapter 5
Stredwick, J. (2014) An Introduction to Human Resource Management.
London:Routledge
Whitley, R. (ed.) (2002) Competing capitalisms: Institutions and
economies, 2 volumes, Edward Elgar.

Cross cultural management

Moran, R., et. al. (2014) Managing Cultural Differences, London, 9th
Edition, Routledge
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Chapman, M., Gajewska-De Mattos, H., Clegg, J. and Buckley, P.J.

(2008) Close neighbours and distant friends perceptions of cultural
distance, International Business Review, 17: 217234.
Dumetz, J. et. al. (2012) Cross-Cultural Management Textbook.
Lessons from the world leading experts, UK, Amazon (Student
edition)
Beamer, Linda and Varner, Iris (2007), Inter-cultural
Communication in the Global Workplace (fourth edition). Boston:
McGraw-Hill Education Europe.

Hooker, J. (2009) Corruption from a cross-cultural perspective, Cross

Cultural Management, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 251-267.

Kawar, Tagreed Issa (2012) "Cross Cultural differences in management",

International Journal of Business and Social Science, pp. 105-111
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Trompenaars, Fons and Hampden-Turner, Charles (2004) Managing

People Across Cultures. Oxford: Capstone Publishing

Internationalisation and multinational corporations

Essential reading:Harzing, A.W. and Pinnington (2011) Chapter 7

Hollinshead (2009), Chapter 3

Supplementary reading:
Bakan, J. (2004) The Corporation, the pathological pursuit of profit and
power, London, Constable.
Brewster, C., Wood, G. and Brookes, M. (2008) Similarity, Isomorphism or
Duality? Recent Survey Evidence on the Human Resource
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foreign multinationals in the UK.The International Journal of Human
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of Control Mechanisms in Multinational Companies, Edward Elgar,
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Comparative employment relations: USA, Europe and Japan

Essential reading:Harzing and Pinnington (2011) Chapter 17

Hollinshead, G (2009) Chapter 6

Supplementary reading:
Bamber, G.J., Lansbury, R.D. and Wailes, N (2011) (eds.) International and
Comparative Employment Relations: Globalisation and Change.
Sage, London
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Review of Employment Practice in US multinationals, Industrial
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Harzing, A. and Van Ruysseveldt, J. (2004) International Human Resource
Management, London, Sage - Chapters 15-18
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Comparative Employment Relations in the Global Economy. London,
Routledge
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Human Resource Management in Mexico

Supplementary reading:
Arias- Galicia, L.F. (2005) Human Resource Management in Mexico in
M.M. Elvira and A. Davila (eds.) Managing Human Resources in Latin
America; An Agenda for International Leaders London and New York,
Routledge
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Review of Employment Practice in US multinationals, Industrial
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International staffing and expatriation

Essential reading:Harzing and Pinnington (2011) Chapter 6

Hollinshead (2009) Chapter 4

Supplementary reading:
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Harzing, A. and Van Ruysseveldt, J. (2004) International Human Resource
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International training and development and repatriation

Essential reading:Harzing and Pinnington (2014) Chapter 11

Hollinshead (2009) Chapter 5
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Scullion and Collings (Global Talent Management,2011)Implementation
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Cultural, Institutional, Regional, Industry and Organisational Factors

International compensation and performance management

Essential reading:Harzing and Pinnington (2011) Chapters 13 and 14
Hollinshead (2009) Chapter 5

Supplementary reading:
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the United States and Pacific Rim, Advances in International
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Harzing, A. and Van Ruysseveldt, J. (2004) International Human Resource
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Useful Websites
http://www.cipd.co.uk(The Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development, UK)
http://www.shrm.org (The US Society for Human Resource Management
(SMRM) and home page list of international HR websites)
http://www.harzing.org
http://www.ipma-hr.org (International Personnel Management Association
(IPMA), a professional association for public personnel professionals.
Includes a list of useful HRM sites around the world)
http://www.workindex.com (Search engine based at Cornell University
targeting work and HR- related websites)
http://www.ilo.org (International Labour Organisation)
http://www.windhamint.com (GMAC global relocation service provides
information about international relocation and expatriate
management)
http://www.meridianglobal.com (Meridian Resources website to help pre-
departure training for expatriates)
http://www.expat-repat.com (Provides coaching for expatriate
performance in international assignments)
http://www.erc.com (Employee Relocation Council information about
international relocation and expatriate management)
http://www.livingabroad.com (magazine for expatriates)
http://www.unctad.org (United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development)
http://www.transparency.org (Transparency International Corruption Index -
ranks 102 countries on perceived level of corruption)
http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie (The European Industrial Relations
Observatory Online)
http://ethics.acusd.edu (search engine for material on business ethics)
http://www.ifg.org(international forum on globalization - NGOs and
activists from North and South countries)
http://www.twnside.org (third world network)
http://www.focusweb.org (Focus on the Global South)

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Riding the waves of culture: understanding diversity in
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Charles 2012

Building cross-cultural competence: how to create wealth

from conflicting values - Hampden-Turner, Charles, Trompenaars,
Fons c2000

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