TY - BOOK AU - Dowling,Peter J. AU - Welch,Denice E. TI - International human resource management: managing people in a multinational context SN - 9781844800131 U1 - 658.3 21 PY - 2004/// CY - London [u.a.] PB - Thomson Learning KW - International business enterprises KW - Personnel management N1 - Previous ed.: 1999; Part I. The multinational context -- 1. Introduction: the enduring context of IHRM -- 2. The organizational context -- 3. IHRM: sustaining international business operations -- Part II. Managing and supporting international assignments -- 4. Recruiting and selecting staff for international assignments -- 5. Training and development -- 6. Compensation -- 7. Re-entry and career issues -- Part III. Global HR issues -- 8. HRM in the host country context -- 9. Industrial relations -- 10. Performance management -- 11. IHRM trends and future challenges -- Part IV. Case studies and exercises N2 - This book is a new edition of the market leading text. Changes include increasing coverage of small and medium enterprises, new material on managing diversity and cross-cultural workforces, new material on off-shoring, particularly to India or China, and a new chapter on sustaining global growth and linking the international HR function more firmly to a company's strategic growth plans.-Back cover ER -