Sylwia Przytuła is a professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Wroclaw, Poland, and is a specialist in the field of management sciences. Her research and scientific interests encompass international human resource management, academic expatriation, global mobility and migration, and the internationalization of higher education.Łukasz Sułkowski holds a professor degree in economics and a doctoral degree in humanities. He specializes in issues related to university management. He is the head of the Department of Higher Education Institution Management at Jagiellonian University as well as a professor at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, the United States, and the University of Social Sciences, Łódź, Poland.Konrad Kulikowski holds a PhD in psychology and currently serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Management, Łódź, Poland. His research interests encompass cognitive psychology, employee remuneration and performance appraisal systems, HR analytics, application of psychometrics in the analysis of intellectual capital, attitudes towards pay transparency, factors contributing to work engagement and burnout, and the management of higher education institutions, with a specific focus on the effectiveness of research evaluation systems on individual and institutional levels.

• Introduction 1. International context of HRM in academia 2. Strategies and personal policies of HRM in academia 3. People in the three academic missions 4. Staffing to academia 5. Performance management in HEIs 6. Career development in academia 7. Academic leadership and HRM 8. The academic burnout: navigating the mental health and well-being challenges in contemporary academia 9. Diversity, equity and inclusion in HEIs 10. Digital HRM in academia

Sylwia Przytuła is a professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Wroclaw, Poland, and is a specialist in the field of management sciences. Her research and scientific interests encompass international human resource management, academic expatriation, global mobility and migration, and the internationalization of higher education.Łukasz Sułkowski holds a professor degree in economics and a doctoral degree in humanities. He specializes in issues related to university management. He is the head of the Department of Higher Education Institution Management at Jagiellonian University as well as a professor at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, the United States, and the University of Social Sciences, Łódź, Poland.Konrad Kulikowski holds a PhD in psychology and currently serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Management, Łódź, Poland. His research interests encompass cognitive psychology, employee remuneration and performance appraisal systems, HR analytics, application of psychometrics in the analysis of intellectual capital, attitudes towards pay transparency, factors contributing to work engagement and burnout, and the management of higher education institutions, with a specific focus on the effectiveness of research evaluation systems on individual and institutional levels.

• Introduction 1. International context of HRM in academia 2. Strategies and personal policies of HRM in academia 3. People in the three academic missions 4. Staffing to academia 5. Performance management in HEIs 6. Career development in academia 7. Academic leadership and HRM 8. The academic burnout: navigating the mental health and well-being challenges in contemporary academia 9. Diversity, equity and inclusion in HEIs 10. Digital HRM in academia

Sylwia Przytuła is a professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Wroclaw, Poland, and is a specialist in the field of management sciences. Her research and scientific interests encompass international human resource management, academic expatriation, global mobility and migration, and the internationalization of higher education.Łukasz Sułkowski holds a professor degree in economics and a doctoral degree in humanities. He specializes in issues related to university management. He is the head of the Department of Higher Education Institution Management at Jagiellonian University as well as a professor at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, the United States, and the University of Social Sciences, Łódź, Poland.Konrad Kulikowski holds a PhD in psychology and currently serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Management, Łódź, Poland. His research interests encompass cognitive psychology, employee remuneration and performance appraisal systems, HR analytics, application of psychometrics in the analysis of intellectual capital, attitudes towards pay transparency, factors contributing to work engagement and burnout, and the management of higher education institutions, with a specific focus on the effectiveness of research evaluation systems on individual and institutional levels.

• Introduction 1. International context of HRM in academia 2. Strategies and personal policies of HRM in academia 3. People in the three academic missions 4. Staffing to academia 5. Performance management in HEIs 6. Career development in academia 7. Academic leadership and HRM 8. The academic burnout: navigating the mental health and well-being challenges in contemporary academia 9. Diversity, equity and inclusion in HEIs 10. Digital HRM in academia