International Dimensions of Human Resource Management (A volume in the Wadsworth International Dimensions of Business Series) - Softcover

Peter Dowling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534213669 ISBN 13: 9780534213664

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 1993

Synopsis

This book touches upon human resource practices in many of the countries of the world. The primary focus is on the choices of international human resource management practices that confront multinational enterprises and some factors to consider in making those choices.

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About the Authors

Peter J. Dowling is Professor of International Business in the School of Marketing & International Business at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His previous appointments include The University of Melbourne, Monash University, the University of Tasmania, and University of Canberra, as well as visiting appointments in the United States at Cornell University and Michigan State University, and in Germany at the University of Paderborn and the University of Bayreuth. A proven author, Dr. Dowling also co-wrote STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALISATION, 3e (Pacific Rim), HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA, 2e, and PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN AUSTRALIA. In addition, he has written or co-authored more than 70 journal articles and book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES, JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION, ZFP-GERMAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT REVIEW, ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES, and THUNDERBIRD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW. Dr. Dowling serves as a vice-president of the Australia & New Zealand International Business Academy, President-Elect of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM), and a Senior Research Affiliate of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University. He also is a past president of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management. He received his Ph.D. from The Flinders University of South Australia.

Randall S. Schuler is Distinguished Professor of International Human Resource Management and Human Resource Strategy, Past Director of the Masters in HRM Program, and Founder and Past Director of the Center for Global Strategic Human Resource Management in the Department of Human Resource Management in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. He is also on the faculty of the Lorange Institute of Business Zurich as a Research Fellow and the faculty of Lancaster Management School as a Visiting Fellow. His interests are global human resource management, strategic human resource management, the human resource management function in organizations and the interface of business strategy and human resource management. He has authored or edited over forty-five books. In addition, he has contributed over sixty chapters to reading books and has published over one-fifty hundred articles in professional journals and academic proceedings. Presently, he is Chief Editorial Consultant for the European Journal of International Management and is on the Editorial Boards of several journals including the Cross Cultural Management, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of World Business, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, and Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. Currently he is co-editing a GLOBAL HRM Series for Routledge Publishing, London England, with P. Sparrow, S. Jackson and M. Poole. It is comprised of more than twenty books and involves more than 300 authors from around the world. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a Fellow of the British Academy of Management, a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a Fellow of the Academy of Management.

Denice E. Welch is Professor of International Management at the Mt Eliza Business School and University of Queensland, Australia. Previous teaching appointments include the Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, and Monash University, Australia. She has held visiting positions at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland and the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534213669
• ISBN 13: 9780534213664
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 200