Center for International Human Resource Studies

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Center for International Human Resource Studies

Dr. Elaine Farndale
Center Director, Center for International Human Resource Studies

EMAIL: cihrs@psu.edu
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Other Resources and Calls for Papers

The information provided here relates to resources and events that you may find useful when doing research or teaching in the broad field of IHRM. The resources relate to recent articles, books, and conferences, as well as blogs and other organizations doing research in this field. Please email us at cihrs@psu.edu if you would like to suggest additional resources.

Call for Papers

The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Special Issue on Understanding Strategic Human Resource Management in the Context of the Global South Manuscript
Manuscript deadline: February 26, 2024
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
Special Issue on Understanding Strategic Human Resource Management in the Context of the Global South Manuscript
Manuscript deadline: February 26, 2024
GCIHRM CFP is Open!
Submit Abstracts for the Global Conference on International Human Resource Management
Manuscript deadline: February 18, 2024

The 6th Global Conference on International HRM (GCIHRM), organized by CIHRS, will take place on June 13 and 14, 2024, hosted by the Gothenburg University, Sweden! See the CFP here: https://ler.la.psu.edu/cihrs/ihrmconference/conference-details/

GCIHRM CFP is Open!
Submit Abstracts for the Global Conference on International Human Resource Management
Manuscript deadline: February 18, 2024

The 6th Global Conference on International HRM (GCIHRM), organized by CIHRS, will take place on June 13 and 14, 2024, hosted by the Gothenburg University, Sweden! See the CFP here: https://ler.la.psu.edu/cihrs/ihrmconference/conference-details/

Special Issue of the International Journal of Management Reviews (IJMR)
Towards an Integrated Theory of Gender, Time and Organizations
Manuscript deadline: January 30, 2024
Special Issue of the International Journal of Management Reviews (IJMR)
Towards an Integrated Theory of Gender, Time and Organizations
Manuscript deadline: January 30, 2024

Journal special issues dedicated to IHRM

Special issue from CIHRS' 4th Global Conference on IHRM

Volume 33, Issue 1 Special Issue: Positioning Context Front and Center in International Human Resource Management Research (January 2023) is devoted to papers presented during the 4th Global Conference on IHRM held at Penn State in May 2019. This special issue was guest-edited by: Elaine Farndale, Jaime Bonache, Anthony McDonnell, Bora Kwon.

Special issue from CIHRS' 3rd Global Conference on IHRM

Volume 61, issue 3 (2019) of the Thunderbird International Business Review is devoted to papers presented during the 3rd Global Conference on IHRM, hosted by St John’s University in New York in May 2017. This special issue was guest-edited by CIHRS members: Elaine Farndale, Sven Horak, Jean Phillips, and Maria Beamond.

Special issue from CIHRS' 2nd Global Conference on IHRM

International Journal of Human Resource Management Special Issue

Volume 26, issue 6 (2015) of the International Journal of Human Resource Management is devoted to ‘A global perspective on diversity and inclusion in work organizations’. This special issue was an initiative of the HR Division of the Academy of Management, guest edited by, among others, CIHRS members Elaine Farndale and Sumita Raghuram.

Books related to IHRM research

Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management: Second Edition

Edited by Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, and Elaine Farndale. This 2018 second, updated and extended edition of the Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management draws on the work of many of the world’s leading researchers in the field to present the state of the art to scholars, students and practitioners. The Handbook provides a detailed focus on the theoretical underpinnings of Comparative HRM, on comparative studies of specific areas of HRM practice and on the unique features of HRM in all the main regions of the world.

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The Global Human Resource Management Casebook: Second edition

Edited by Liza Castro Christiansen, Michal Biron, Elaine Farndale, and Bård Kuvaas. This second edition Casebook, published in 2017, is a collection of international teaching cases focusing on contemporary human resource management issues. Each case centers primarily on one country and illustrates a significant challenge faced by managers and HR practitioners, helping students to understand how the issues they learn about in class play out in the real world.

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Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East

This 2016 Handbook provides evidence-based information regarding the dynamics of HRM in this important region. The book includes contextual and functional issues such as societal and cultural perspectives, performance management and talent management; country-specific HRM covering the GCC, Levant and North African nations; and emerging themes such as HR issues related to domestic workers, labor localization, expatriate management, CSR, Wasta, foreign and public sector firms.

Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East

The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management

This 2015 volume examines cutting-edge themes, with the input of contributions from both established and

emerging scholars. The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management gives a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, topics and debates in the discipline, with valuable insights into directions for future research.

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Handbook of Human Resource Management in Emerging Markets

Bringing together a diverse set of key HRM themes such as talent management, global careers and employee engagement, this remarkably wide ranging work (published 2015) on managing human resources in more than 20 emerging markets is written by world-leading experts in HRM in emerging markets and based on leading-edge research and practice.

Handbook of Human Resource Management in Emerging Markets

Online resources related to IHRM

Marian van Bakel

A blog about expatriates and intercultural communication by Marian van Bakel, University of Southern Denmark. This blog mainly speaks to a practitioner audience including posts to make academic articles more accessible.

B. Sebastian Reiche

Prof. Reiche’s research focuses on international assignments and forms of global work, knowledge transfer, talent retention, cross-cultural management and global leadership.

Harzing: Research in International Management

Prof. Harzing has produced many useful resources for scholars in the field of international human resource management. Check out the website to see more.