INTERNATIONAL HRM: Home

Welcome to the International Human Resource Management LibGuide! 

This guide will help you explore how organizations manage people across borders and cultures. International HRM focuses on recruitment, training, compensation, and employee relations in a global context—where culture, law, and strategy all play important roles.

Here you’ll find:

• Core readings and textbooks in international HRM.

• Articles and case studies on managing a global workforce.

• Tools to support assignments, projects, and exam prep.

Use this guide to understand how HR professionals navigate cultural diversity, international labor laws, and global talent management in today’s interconnected world.

SESSION 1 - INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 

Recent Developments and Emerging Challenges in International Human Resource Management (Article)

Expatriation into and out of Emerging Markets: Challenges for IHRM (Article)

International Human Resource Management: Review and Critique (Article)

Globalization, National Systems & Multinational Companies (Article)

Global Standardization of Organizational Forms and Management Practices? What New Institutionalism and the Business-Systems Approach Can Learn from Each Other* (Article)

Global Social Change: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Article)

SESSION 2 - INTERNATIONAL HRM CHALLENGES AND APPROACHES

Facing complexity, crisis and risk: Opportunities and challenges in international HRM (Article)

Global HRM : Issues, Challenges and Strategies (Article) 

HRM Challenges in the Age of Globalisation (Article)

Human Resource Management A critical Approach (Book)

Converging on IHRM Best Practices: Lessons Learned From Globally Distributed Consortium on Theory and Practice (Article)

Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management (Book)

SESSION 3 - NATIONAL CULTURE AND CORSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

The Ninth Dimension of National Culture: Unpacking Cross-Cultural Communication Styles (Article) 

National Culture, Leadership and Citizenship: Implications for Cross-Cultural Management (Article)

A Transcultural Approach to Crosscultural Studies: Towards an Alternative to a National Culture Model (Article)

National Culture Dimensions: The perpetuation of Cultural Ignorance (Article)

Cross-Cultural Behaviour in Tourism: Concept and Analysis (Book)

The Culture Theory Jungle: Divergence and Convergence in Models of National Culture (Article)

SESSION 4 - DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

Workforce Diversity Management: Challenges, Competencies and Strategies (Book)

Global Diversity Management: Towards a Conceptual Framework (Article)

Strategic Diversity Management Initiatives: A Descriptive Study (Article)

The Moderating Effect of Diversity Strategy on the Relationship Between Racial Diversity and Organizational Performance (Article)

Effects of Gender Diversity Management on Perceptions of Organizational Attractiveness: The Role of Individual Differences in Attitudes and Beliefs (Article)

Diversity Management and the Business Case (Article)

SESSION 5 - INTERNATIONAL STAFFING: RECRUITING AND SELECTING STAFF

Global Staffing (Book)

Approaches to International Staffing (Article)

Staffing Effectiveness Across Countries: An Institutional Perspective (Article)

School Leadership – International Perspectives (Article)

Using the Pattern Method for the Comprehensive Organization of Recruitment and Selection of Personnel (Article) 

Sustainability in Recruitment and Selection: Building a Framework of Practices (Article)

SESSION 6 - INTERNATIONAL STAFFING: RECRUITING AND SELECTNG STAFF

Recruitment and Selection Practices in Manufacturing SMEs in Japan: An analysis of the link with business performance (Article) 

Social Media in Employee Selection and Recruitment Theory, Practice, and Current Challenges (Book)

Global Talent Acquisition: Strategies and Best Practices for Staffing and Recruitment in A Globalized World (Article)

Localisation: societies, organisations and employees (Article)

Effect of Recruitment and Selection Practices on Organisational Strategic Goals (Article)

Selecting Hotel Staff: Why Best Practice Doesn’t Always Work (Article)

SESSION 8 - INTERNATIONAL STAFFING: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

The Effect of International Staffing Practices on Subsidiary Staff Retention in Multinational Corporations (Article)

Global Talent Management and Staffing in MNEs: An Introduction to the Edited Volume of International Business and Management (Article)

Developing Effective Global Relationships Through Staffing  with Inpatriate Managers: The Role of Interpersonal Trust  (Article)

The Impact of Emerging Markets on Staffing the Global Organization: A Knowledge-Based View (Article)

Flexpatriate Assignments: A Neglected Issue in Global Staffing (Article) 

International Human Resource Management (Book)

SESSION 9 - INTERNATIONAL STAFFING: COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Challenges in International Benefits and Compensation Systems of Multinational Corporation (Article)

Compensation and Benefits Management: A Case Study on an International Organization (Article)

International Human Resource Management: Globalization, National Systems and Multinational Companies (Books)

International Compensation Practices: A Ten-Country Comparative Analysis (Article)

Compensation and Benefits Chapter 5 (Book)

Recent Study on the Impact of Compensation and Benefits on Job Satisfaction (Article)

SESSION 10 - HR ISSUES IN EXPATRIATION AND REPARTRIATION 

Issues-of-Effective-Repatriation-A-Model-and-Managerial-Implications (Article)

How to Improve Repatriation Management: Are Motivations and Expectations congruent Between the Company and Expatriates? (Article)

International Human Resource Management Practices: The Challenge of Expatriation (Article) 

Expatriation into and out of Emerging Markets: Challenges for IHRM (Article)

Repatriation of Expatriate Employees, Knowledge Transfer, and Organizational Learning: What Do We Know? (Article)

Expatriation: Challenges and Recommendations Article)

SESSION 11 - SUSTAINING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Sustainability of Global and International Business Operations During the Adversity and Hardship (Article)

The Social Responsibility of International Business from Ethics and Ethics and the Environment to CSR and Sustainable Development (Article) 

Improving productivity of a financial firm: business model evolution in the Caribbean (Article)

Digital business service transformation of Caribbean economies: A path to sustainability (Article)

Innovation in the Caribbean Six Stories of Transformation for Sustainable Development (Article)

Enterprise and Sustainable Development: Role, Challenges and Opportunities (Article)

SESSION 12 - CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL HR ISSUES

Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Human Resource Management (Article)

International human resource management in the 21st century: emerging themes and contemporary debates (Article)

Contemporary Challenges of Human Resource Management (Article)

A comprehensive Review of Contemporary Issues of Electronic Human Resource Management (E-HRM) (Article)

Measuring HRM Effectiveness as a Challenge to Contemporary HRM Scientists (HRM Context) (Article)

Employee Characteristics, Contemporary Human Resource Management Practices and Organization Effectiveness (Article)

Country of Origin Effects and HRM in Multinational Companies (Article)

Host Contry Specific Factors and the Transfer of Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Companies (Article)

Translating a Management Concept: Diversity Management in Denmark (Article)