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International Human Resource Management
Seventh Edition
Edited by:
- B. Sebastian Reiche - IESE Business School, Spain, University of Navarra, Spain, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
- Helene Tenzer - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
- Anne-Wil Harzing - Middlesex University London, England, Middlesex University London, UK
December 2026 | 464 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Written by leading experts in the field, this is the market-leading and authoritative textbook for International Human Resource Management and has been used by over 30,000 students across 130 countries.
Retaining its critical edge, academic rigour and breadth of coverage, the seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to include the following:
· Content on technological advances such as generative AI.
· New examples from across the globe including India, South Korea and South Africa.
· A completely new chapter on compensation in multinational companies.
This book is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of International Human Resource Management.
B. Sebastian Reiche is Professor of People Management at IESE Business School in Barcelona.
Helene Tenzer is Professor of International Management at LMU Munich School of Management.
Anne-Wil Harzing is Emerita Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London, and Fellow of the Academy of International Business.
Retaining its critical edge, academic rigour and breadth of coverage, the seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to include the following:
· Content on technological advances such as generative AI.
· New examples from across the globe including India, South Korea and South Africa.
· A completely new chapter on compensation in multinational companies.
This book is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of International Human Resource Management.
B. Sebastian Reiche is Professor of People Management at IESE Business School in Barcelona.
Helene Tenzer is Professor of International Management at LMU Munich School of Management.
Anne-Wil Harzing is Emerita Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London, and Fellow of the Academy of International Business.
PART I: Cultural, Comparative and Organizational Perspectives on IHRM
Chris Brewster and Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Chapter 1: Comparative Human Resource Management
Laurence Romani
Chapter 2: Culture and Cross-Cultural Management
Phil Almond, Damian Grimshaw and Jill Rubery
Chapter 3: Multinational Companies and Institutional Environments
Chris Rowley, Jean Qi Wei and Yujie Cai
Chapter 4: Approaches to International Human Resource Management
PART II: IHRM Functions
B. Sebastian Reiche and Anne-Wil Harzing
Chapter 5: International Assignments
Chris Rowley, Yi Liu and Alan Nankervis
Chapter 6: Global and Local Resourcing: The Cases of Japan, China and Vietnam
Ashly H. Pinnington, Yaw A. Debrah and Christopher J. Rees
Chapter 7: Training and Development: Developing Global Leaders and Expatriates
Arup Varma, Pawan S. Budhwar, Subhashis Sinha and D N Venkatesh
Chapter 8: Global Performance Management
Jaime Bonache and Celia Zárraga Oberty
Chapter 9: International Compensation
PART III: IHRM Contexts
Robert MacKenzie and Miguel Martínez Lucio
Chapter 10: Regulation and the Changing Context of International Human Resource Management
Philipp Kern, Ling Eleanor Zhang, Tony Edwards and Liudmyla Svystunova
Chapter 11: The Transfer of Employment Practices Across Borders in Multinational Companies: From Context to Actors
Ingmar Björkman, Vladimir Pucik, Paul Evans and Günter K. Stahl
Chapter 12: People Management in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Fang Lee Cooke
Chapter 13: Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Global Context
Fang Lee Cooke
Chapter 14: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Through Ethical HRM Practices