Edited by three renowned specialists in comparative human resource management (CHRM) this expanded and updated Handbook explores the range of approaches for conceptualizing CHRM and highlights different policies and practices across the world.

Contents: 1. The Meaning and Value of Comparative Human Resource Management: An Introduction Elaine Farndale, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Chris Brewster PART I Theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues in comparative HRM 2. Comparative Institutional Analysis and Comparative HRM Geoffrey Wood, Alexandros Psychogios, Leslie T. Szamosi and David G. Collings 3. Cultural Perspectives on Comparative HRM B. Sebastian Reiche, Yih-teen Lee and Javier Quintanilla 4. Critical Approaches to comparative HRM Tuomo Peltonen and Eero Vaara 5. Methodological Challenges for Quantitative Research in Comparative HRM Ingo Weller and Barry Gerhart 6. The Anthropological Comparative Method as a Means of Analysing and Solving Pressing Issues in Comparative HRM Fiona Moore and Mary Yoko Brannen PART II HRM tasks and themes 7. Recruitment and Selection in Context Elaine Farndale, Irene Nikandrou and Leda Panayotopoulou 8. Comparative Total Rewards Policies and Practices Ihar Sahakiants, Marion Festing, Allen D. Engle Sr. and Peter J. Dowling 9. Comparing Performance Management across Contexts Paul Boselie, Elaine Farndale and Jaap Paauwe 10. Human Resource Development: National Embeddedness Olga Tregaskis and Noreen Heraty 11. Comparative Employment Relations: Definitional, Disciplinary and Development Issues Werner Nienhüser and Chris Warhurst 12. The Psychological Contract within the International and Comparative HRM Literature Paul Sparrow 13. Positive and Negative Application of Flexible Working Time Arrangements: Comparing the United States of America and the EU Countries Lonnie Golden, Stephen Sweet and Heejung Chung 14. Comparative Career Studies: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Results Mila Lazarova, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall and Emma Parry 15. Financial Participation: the Nature and Causes of National Variation Andrew Pendleton, Erik Poutsma and Paul E.M. Ligthart 16. Comparative perspectives on Diversity and Equality: the challenges of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and religion Gwendolyn Combs, Rana Haq, Alain Klarsfeld, Lourdes Susaeta and Esperanza Suarez 17. Organising HRM in a comparative perspective Julia Brandl, Anna Bos-Nehles and Ina Aust 18. The Intersection between Information Technology and Human Resource Management from a Cross-National Perspective: Towards a Research Model Huub J. M. Ruël and Tanya Bondarouk 19. Sustainable HRM: A comparative and international perspective Ina Aust, Michael Muller-Camen and Erik Poutsma PART III Regional perspectives 20. HRM Practice and Scholarship in North America Susan E. Jackson, Andrea Kim and Randall S. Schuler 21. Revisiting the Latin American HRM model Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira 22. HRM in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Sergio M. Madero-Gómez and Miguel R. Olivas-Luján 23. Comparative HRM research in South America: A call for comparative institutional approaches Michel Hermans 24. HRM in Western Europe: Differences Without, Differences Within Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Paul Sparrow 25. The Transition States of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Michael J. Morley, Dana Minbaeva and Snejina Michailova 26. HRM in the Middle East Pawan Budhwar and Kamel Mellahi 27. HRM in Northern Africa David B. Zoogah, Elham Kamal Metwally and Tarek Tantoush 28. HRM in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative Perspectives Christine Bischoff and Geoffrey Wood 29. HRM in the Indian Subcontinent Pawan Budhwar, Arup Varma and Manjusha Hirekhan 30. HRM and Asian Socialist Economies in Transition: China, Vietnam and North Korea Ngan Collins, Ying Zhu and Malcolm Warner 31. Japan, Korea and Taiwan: Issues and Trends in HRM Philippe Debroux, Wes Harry, Shigeaki Hayashi, Heh Jason Huang, Keith Jackson and Toru Kiyomiya 32. Comparative HRM Research in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Vivien T. Supangco and Jessica A. Los Baños 33. Styles of HRM in Australia and New Zealand Peter Boxall, Hugh Bainbridge and Stephen Frenkel PART IV Concluding Remarks 34. Future Avenues for Comparative HRM Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Chris Brewster and Elaine Farndale Index