Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management

B. Sebastian Reiche is an Associate Professor of Managing People in Organizations at IESE Business School, Spain.Günter K. Stahl is Professor of International Management at WU Vienna, Austria.Mark E. Mendenhall is the J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, USA.Gary R. Oddou is Professor Emeritus of International Management and former Director of the Global Business Management program at California State University in San Marcos, USA.

• Part 1: The Context of IHRM: Challenges, Strategies, and External ForcesReadings 1.1 Putting the Challenges of International Human Resource Management into Perspective Paul Evans, Vladimir Pucik, and Ingmar Björkman1.2 Managing Global Talent Challenges with Global Talent Management InitiativesRandall S. Schuler, Susan E. Jackson, and Ibraiz Tarique1.3 Localisation: Societies, Organisations and EmployeesWes Harry and David G. CollingsCases1.1 Peter Hansen: Building a World-Class Product Development Centre for Hi-Tech Systems in ChinaIngmar Björkman1.2 Socometal: Rewarding African WorkersEvalde Mutabazi and C. Brooklyn Derr1.3 Four Seasons Goes to ParisRoger Hallowell, David Bowen, and Carin-Isabel KnoopPart 2: Cross-Cultural and Diversity ManagementReadings2.1 Diversity as StrategyDavid A. Thomas2.2 In the Eye of the Beholder: Cross-Cultural Lessons in Leadership from Project GlobeMansour Javidan, Peter W. Dorfman, Mary Sully de Luque, and Robert J. House2.3 Multicultural Individuals: What Can They Bring to Global Organizations? Stacey R. Fitzsimmons, Christof Miska, and Günter K. StahlCases2.1 Olivia FrancisMark E. Mendenhall2.2 Johannes van den Bosch Sends an Email Joseph J. DiStefano2.3 B. Uwa Ode: A Cultural Chameleon or Stranded between Cultural Chairs?Sebastian Reiche and Yih-teen LeePart 3: Global Staffing and Management of Global MobilityReadings 3.1 Types of International Assignees David G. Collings, Anthony McDonnell, and Amy McCarter3.2 Expatriate Performance Appraisal: Problems and SolutionsGary R. Oddou and Mark E. Mendenhall3.3 Compensating Global EmployeesJaime Bonache and Luigi StirpeCases3.1 Fred Bailey: An Innocent AbroadJ. Stewart Black3.2 Selecting a Country Manager for Delta Beverages India: Part I and IIPaula Caligiuri and Henry W. Lane3.3 Andreas Weber’s Reward for Success in an International Assignment: A Return to an Uncertain FutureGünter K. Stahl and Mark E. MendenhallPart 4: People Issues in Global Teams, Alliances, Mergers, and AcquisitionsReadings 4.1 Global Teams That Work: A Framework for Bridging Social DistanceTsedal Neeley4.2 Managing Alliances and Joint Ventures Vladimir Pucik, Paul Evans and Ingmar Björkman4.3 IHRM Issues in Mergers and AcquisitionsSatu Teerikangas, Günter K. Stahl, Ingmar Björkman and Mark E. MendenhallCases4.1 Hailing a New Era: Haier in JapanCarlos Sánchez-Runde, Yih-teen Lee, and B. Sebastian Reiche4.2 Lenovo-IBM (A): Bridging Cultures, Languages, and Time Zones, and Lenovo-IBM (B): Integration ChallengesKathrin Köster and Günter K. Stahl4.3 Guangdong ElectronicsIngmar Björkman and Ming ZengPart 5: Responsible Leadership in a Global and Cross-Cultural ContextReadings5.1 Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home Thomas Donaldson5.2 The Challenge of Responsible Global Leadership Günter K. Stahl, Christof Miska, Laura J. Noval and Verena J. Patock5.3 Global Leadership for Sustainable DevelopmentIna Aust and Marie-Thérèse ClaesCases5.1 Changmai CorporationCharlotte Butler and Henri-Claude de Bettignies5.2 Levi Strauss & Co.: Addressing Child Labour in BangladeshNicola Pless and Thomas Maak5.3 EVN in Bulgaria – Engaging the Roma CommunityBarbara Coudenhove-Kalergi and Christian Seelos